1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Bottle Spring Prospect

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodity Iron
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. 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 10027090
MRDS ID M001976
Record type Site
Current site name Bottle Spring Prospect
Related records 10186007

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.82709, 34.17617 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF YOUNG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parallel Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Show Low(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 015E 29,32 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result A CHARACTER SAMPLE CONTAINED 51.8 % IRON, 0.1 % MN, 0.4 % TITANIA
Result 0.34 % PHOSPHORUS, 0.10 % SULFUR, AND 21.0 % SILICA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.82709, 34.17617
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE HEMATITE MINERALIZATION OF A GREAT AREA OF THE PRE CAMBRIAN, MESCAL LIMESTONE BY CONTACT-METAMORPHIC PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH WIDESPREAD INVASION BY GREAT DIABASE INTRUSIONS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION AS OF 1961

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY A FEW SHALLOW OPEN PITS AND CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C. M.; 1964 ; RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236 , P. 28

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.