Big Six

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodity Clay
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10137197
MAS/MILS ID 0040010026
Record type Site
Current site name Big Six

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.40537, 35.24975 (WGS84)
Elevation 1811
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chambers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sanders(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Puerco(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021 N 028 E 06 SESENE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.40537, 35.24975

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAY IS BLEACHED

  • Deposit

    USGS 7.5 CHAMBERS QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RPT;P10

  • Deposit

    KIERSCH,G; MIN.RES.NAVAJO-HOPI INDIAN RESERV;VOL.III,P19

  • Deposit

    KIERSCH,G; MIN.RES.NAVAJO-HOPI INDIAN RESERV,VOL.II, P43

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.