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Borrow Pit

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105329
MRDS ID TC40226
Record type Site
Current site name Borrow Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78879, 34.73727 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Montezuma(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 016N 005E 35 S2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Hickey Formation
    Rock description Hickey Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78879, 34.73727
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • OUTCROPS OF THE CONSOLIDATED ROCK HAVE A SAND-SIZED REDDISH BROWN (10R5/6) MATRIX. THE CONGLOMERATE IS INTERBEDDED WITH SANDSTONE. THESE UNITS LIE BENEATH OUTCROPS OF YOUNGER BASALT AND HERE CONTAINS NO CLASTS OF BASALT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Name of workings PIT
    Length 152.4M
    Width 30.48M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, LAKE MONTEZUMA 1:24,000 TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

  • Deposit

    WEIR, G.W., ULRICH, G.E., AND NEALEY, L.D., 1989, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SEDONA 30' X 60' QUADRANGLE, YAVAPAI AND COCONINO COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP I-1896, MAP SCALE OF 1:100,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE EXPLOITED MATERIAL IS THE LOOSE COLLUVIAL GRAVEL THAT HAS WEATHERED OR BEEN PLIED FROM A COLORFUL MEDIUM PEBBLE GRAVEL CONGLOMERATE COMPOSED OF METAVOLCANIC, SANDSTONE, AND LIMESTONE PEBBLES.

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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