Chediski Butte

Occurrence in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodity Silica
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064583
MRDS ID TC38997
Record type Site
Current site name Chediski Butte
Alternate or previous names Cow Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.72487, 34.22228 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chediski Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Show Low(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Navajo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 15E 27,34,35 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ARBITRARY POINT ALONG COW CREEK USED FOR LAT-LONG.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.72487, 34.22228

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAYISH-WHITE QUARTZITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-93 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-95 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.