Mccormick

Occurrence in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Volcanic Materials, Perlite, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063226
MRDS ID TC36922
Record type Site
Current site name Mccormick

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60573, 35.36197 (WGS84)
Elevation 2502
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI W OF SUNSET CRATER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunset Crater West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Flagstaff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Flagstaff(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Canyon Diablo(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coconino National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 23N 007E 24 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ON E-NE FLANK OF SUGARLOAF OF SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAIN. THERE ARE THREE GRAVEL PITS IN SECTION 24. LAT-LONG IS FOR THE PIT CLOSEST TO THE CENTER OF THE SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary
Perlite Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinders Ore
Obsidian Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.60573, 35.36197

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coconino National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT NO. 4, 185 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PERLITE WITH OBSIDIAN IN CINDER BED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.