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Black Canyon Occurrence

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027190
MRDS ID M002417
Record type Site
Current site name Black Canyon Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19352, 34.19812 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES W OF BUMBLE BEE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bumble Bee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 002E 31 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19352, 34.19812
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR BAND
    Strike N-NW
    Dip 85 W
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAGNETITE OCCURS AS A LAMINATED, CRINKLED AND FOLDED STRUCTURE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kay District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., 1964 , RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236 , P. 107

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACONITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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