| Deposit ID | 10027526 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M003249 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pikes Peak Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Hieroglyphic Mountains, Iron Age, Pig Iron, Bessemer |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.41185, 33.85423 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 762 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 35 MILES NW OF PHOENIX; 7.5 MILES NW OF WITTMAN. AREA IS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 74., Utm At Center Border Of Sections |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Maricopa(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hieroglyphic Mountains SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Phoenix(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Maricopa |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 006N}006N | 001W}002W | 08,17,18,19}13,23,24,25 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Goethite | Ore |
| Hausmannite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Martite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Ilmenite | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | UNCONCENTRATED AVERAGE OF 165 SURFACE SAMPLES YIELDED 29.74% FE, 2.81% MN, & 0.126% |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Yavapai Schist |
| Rock description | Yavapai Schist |
| (1) | -112.41185, 33.85423 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Minor Faults, No Displacement |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N60E |
| Dip | 70-80NW |
| Length | 3M |
| Width | 609.6M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| Discoverer | Epes Randolph |
| District name | Pikes Peak District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Elbe Oil Land Development Co. And E. A. Parkford |
| First year | 1957 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 45351000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 45351000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 115.21M |
| Overall width | 0.61M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M003249 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040130478 |
FARNHAM, L.L., AND HAVENS, R., 1957, PIKES PEAK IRON DEPOSITS, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZ.: USBM RI 5319, 31 P.
ARRER, 1964, USBM IC 8236, P. 67-70.
SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
CIMRI
SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992;
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE OCCURS AS LAMINATED BANDED STRUCTURE CONCORDANT WITH REGIONAL SCHISTOSITY WHERE BANDS OF IRON OXIDES ARE SEPARATED BY BANDS OF DARK COLORED QUARTZ. THE IRON SEAMS MAY BE SEVERAL FEET THICK. ORE OCCURS IN PARALLEL ELONGATE LENSES IN A BROAD ZONE IN THE SCHIST; 10 MAJOR IRON BEARING ZONES 300 X 5000 FT MAX. DIP OF ORE BODIES MAY BE TO SE RATHER THAN NW. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-72 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-81 | Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-94 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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