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Iron King Group Prospect

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027283
MRDS ID M002717
Record type Site
Current site name Iron King Group Prospect
Related records 10234003

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.18488, 34.01368 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position NORTHERN AREA OF THE SIERRA ANCHA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheep Basin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Payson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tonto(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 008N}008N 011E}012E 24,25,26}19 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF SAMPLES INDICATE, 40.5 % FE
Result 9.3 % TIO2
Result 1.5% MN
Result 0.08% P
Result 0.09% S
Result 25.4% SIO2 . SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF SAMPLE 1 INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF MORE THAN 10% FE, TIO2 , AND SIO2 , 1 TO 10% AL, 0.1 TO 1.0% CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM, AND 0.01 TO 0.1%, RESPECTIVELY, OF COBALT, CHROMIUM, COPPER, NICKEL, UANADIUM, AND ZIRCONIUM

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Mescal Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.18488, 34.01368
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 60 NW
    Length 4023.25M
    Width 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FRACTURES IN THE IRON FORMATION ARE FILLED WITH QUARTZ, RANGING FROM 1/16 INCH TO SEVERAL FEET. SOME OF THE IRON FORMATION IS A VERY HARD QUARTZITE; PART IS A SOFTER SANDSTONE AND SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spring Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236, P. 42

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.

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