Owens Pit

Unknown in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodity Pumice
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10259205
MAS/MILS ID 0040170175
Record type Site
Current site name Owens Pit
Alternate or previous names Knoll Pit No1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.97398, 34.25837 (WGS84)
Elevation 608
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Springerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Saint Johns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Silver(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Navajo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010 N 022 E 14 SESE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.97398, 34.25837

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner First Knoll Cinder Co.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE INFORMATION SUPPLEMENT #02-01092

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 08/28/1997
MSHA mine ID0201092
Mine name (MSHA)Owens Pit
Current operatorPerkins Cinders Inc
Current controller (parent)E Kay Perkins
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (783 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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