Beautiful Valley

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silica, Semiprecious Gemstone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10098117
MRDS ID I000801
Record type Site
Current site name Beautiful Valley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.45067, 35.89753 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location, May Be Up To 5 Minutes Incorrect., Estimated Location, May Be Up To 5 Minutes Incorrect.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nazlini(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ganado(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chinle(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR NAZLINI. LAT-LONG TAKEN FROM TOWN OF NAZLINI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Petrified Wood Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation
    Rock description Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.45067, 35.89753

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1969, GEM MATERIALS, IN USGS, ABM, AND USBR, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 359

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 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

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