Long Tom Canyon Gypsum occurrence, Navajo County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Long Tom Canyon Gypsum occurrence | Occurrence |
| Navajo County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude:
35° North , 110° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~208km
Type:
A gypsum occurrence along highway 60 near Long Tom Canyon.
The lower zone gypsum occurs within the lower Supai Formation within a stratigraphic interval of approximately 100 feet, the top of which is approximately 200 feet below the base of the Ft. Apache Limestone Member of the Supai Formation. It consists of from 1 to 3 gypsum beds ranging in thickness from 1 to 12 feet each, and each separated by from 20 to 40 feet of clastic strata. Exposures of the lower zone gypsum are known in both the upper and lower blocks, but are more extensively exposed in the lower block.
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Baca BasinBasin
- Black Mesa BasinBasin
- Colorado PlateauShield
- Great Plains DomainDomain
- Holbrook BasinBasin
USA
- Arizona & Utah
- Apache; Navajo and San Juan Cos.
- Colorado Plateau
- Apache; Navajo and San Juan Cos.
- Colorado PlateauPlateau
- ⭔Navajo Nation Indian ReservationReservation
- New Mexico
- San Juan County
- ⭔Navajo Nation ReservationReservation
- San Juan County
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