Houck, Apache County, Arizona, United States

Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Apache County, Arizona, USA
Region:	Apache County, Arizona, United States
Latitude:	35° 16' 59" N
Longitude:	109° 12' 25" W
Lat/Long (dec):	35.28308,-109.20704
Köppen climate type:	BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Elevation:	1,841m
Population:	1,024 (2011)
Mindat Feature ID:	5298887
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:5298887:7
GUID:	790b7737-f250-4c87-8f0f-441520703006

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Houck, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 16' 59" N	109° 12' 25" W	0.0km (0.0 miles)
Unnamed Bentonite pits [2], Allentown, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 17' 24" N	109° 9' 29" W	4.5km (2.8 miles)
Allentown, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 17' 31" N	109° 9' 30" W	4.5km (2.8 miles)
Houck operation, Houck, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 16' 13" N	109° 15' 41" W	5.1km (3.2 miles)
Lupton bentonitic clay deposit, Allentown, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 15' 45" N	109° 8' 12" W	6.8km (4.2 miles)
Houck Silica Operation Mine (Houck Silica Sand), Houck, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 16' 30" N	109° 17' 12" W	7.3km (4.5 miles)
Bentonitic Clay deposit, Allentown, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 15' 53" N	109° 7' 34" W	7.6km (4.7 miles)
Burntwater Wash Clay deposit, Allentown, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 18' 59" N	109° 16' 59" W	7.9km (4.9 miles)
Unnamed Bentonite deposit [3] (Bleaching clay deposit), Sanders, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 14' 10" N	109° 16' 23" W	8.0km (4.9 miles)
Cheto 1, Sanders, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 12' 44" N	109° 14' 34" W	8.5km (5.3 miles)
Unnamed Bentonite occurrence [1], Allentown, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 16' 59" N	109° 5' 59" W	9.7km (6.0 miles)
Cheto Mine, Sanders, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 11' 48" N	109° 13' 44" W	9.8km (6.1 miles)
Cheto No. 2 Mine, Sanders, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 11' 44" N	109° 14' 0" W	10.0km (6.2 miles)
Cheto Section 16 Mine, Sanders, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 12' 0" N	109° 15' 0" W	10.0km (6.2 miles)
Allentown Mine, Sanders, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 11' 36" N	109° 14' 14" W	10.4km (6.4 miles)
Bluebird Well area, Sanders, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 11' 0" N	109° 13' 2" W	11.1km (6.9 miles)
Sanders, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 12' 59" N	109° 20' 1" W	13.7km (8.5 miles)
Unspecified Marcasite occurrence [1], Sanders, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 12' 32" N	109° 19' 43" W	13.8km (8.6 miles)
Big Six Mine, Sanders, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 14' 59" N	109° 24' 19" W	18.4km (11.4 miles)
Chambers Mine, Sanders, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 13' 46" N	109° 24' 6" W	18.7km (11.6 miles)
Pine Springs prospect, Allentown, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 28' 2" N	109° 13' 50" W	20.6km (12.8 miles)
Chambers, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 11' 19" N	109° 25' 59" W	23.1km (14.3 miles)
Padres Mesa, Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 18' 37" N	109° 30' 3" W	26.8km (16.7 miles)
Navajo meteorite, Padres Mesa, Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 19' 59" N	109° 30' 0" W	27.2km (16.9 miles)
Eastern Ancon 21 Santa Fe well, Chambers, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 5' 31" N	109° 24' 43" W	28.3km (17.6 miles)
East Navajo Springs Helium-Gas field, Chambers, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 4' 59" N	109° 24' 59" W	29.3km (18.2 miles)
Crest-Arizona Helium 1 Santa Fe well, Chambers, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 4' 59" N	109° 24' 59" W	29.3km (18.2 miles)
Eastern 35 Santa Fe well, Chambers, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 6' 0" N	109° 27' 56" W	31.1km (19.3 miles)
Eastern 32 Santa Fe well, Chambers, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USA	35° 5' 59" N	109° 28' 0" W	31.2km (19.4 miles)
Buell Park area, McKinley County, New Mexico, USA	35° 31' 1" N	109° 0' 15" W	31.9km (19.8 miles)

Minerals recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ 'Clay minerals'

ⓘ Montmorillonite

ⓘ var: Calcium-Montmorillonite

Rock types recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ 'Bentonite'

ⓘ Shale

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Baca Basin, North America Plate	Basin
Great Plains Domain, North America Plate	Domain
USA	Country
Arizona, USA	State
Hopi-Navajo Indian Reservations, Colorado Plateau, Apache; Navajo and San Juan Cos., Arizona & Utah, USA
Apache County, Arizona, USA	County
Colorado Plateau, USA	Plateau
Navajo Nation Indian Reservation, USA	Reservation

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