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Stepp - Laive Occurrence

Occurrence in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026746
MRDS ID M000041
Record type Site
Current site name Stepp - Laive Occurrence
Related records 10161943

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.14572, 32.13705 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 3 MILES SW OF QUIJOTOA TRADING POST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maish Vaya(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 002E 10,11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • USBM'S FILE LONG IS INCORRECT (112-29-29W)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Epidote Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHARACTER SAMPLING: 43.7 , 45.75 , 55.7 % FE, 0.4 % TIO2 , 0.1 % MN, 21.92 , 17.9 , 13.2 % SIO2 , 0.69 % P, 0.11 % S.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.14572, 32.13705
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISCONTINUOUS VEINLETS, BANDS
    Strike NNW
    Dip 75 NE
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 2413.95M
    Width 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C. M., 1964 , RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: USBM IC 8236 , P. 84

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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