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Limestone Ridge Prospect

Occurrence in Gila 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027285
MRDS ID M002721
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Ridge Prospect
Alternate or previous names V. O. Ranch
Related records 10258797

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74625, 33.24426 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position ADJACENT TO SAN CARLOS INDIAN RES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mescal Warm Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Carlos(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002S 016E 19 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chamosite Ore
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE CONTAINS 31.1 TO 39.1 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Schultze Granite
    Rock description Schultze Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Martin Limesonte
    Rock description Martin Limesonte

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.74625, 33.24426
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 50 SW
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 655.32M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dripping Springs District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., 1964, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236, P. 45

  • Production

    USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236 , P. 45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Hall, R. K. (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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