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Borrow Pit

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065185
MRDS ID TC40232
Record type Site
Current site name Borrow Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.83823, 34.62255 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE NORTH OF MONTEZUMA CASTLE NATIONAL MONUMENT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camp Verde(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sedona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 005E 08 NE4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Oxbow Group;Verde Formation
    Rock description Oxbow Group;Verde Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Holocene river alluvium
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRADED BEDS OF VERY COARSE PEBBLE AND COBBLE GRAVELS OF VERDE FORMATION LIMESTONE INTERBEDDED WITH FINER MATERIAL OF THE SAME LITHOLOGY LIE ON A BENCH CUT INTO THE VERDE FORMATION OF LATE MIOCENE-PLIOCENE AGE. HEIGHT OF TERRACE IS EQUIVALENT TO HOUSE'S (1994) OXBOW TERRACE OF PLEISTOCENE AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, CAMP VERDE 1;24,000 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

  • Deposit

    HOUSE, P.K., 1994, SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN VERDE VALLEY, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT OFR 94-23, 20P. SHEET 2 OF 3 AT SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1995 Cox, Leslie U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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