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Cataract Canyon

Occurrence in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038174
MRDS ID M045470
Record type Site
Current site name Cataract Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.62299, 36.11751 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position A BRANCH OF THE GRAND CANYON 55 MI NORTH OF ASHFORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Canyon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN; POSSIBLY NEAR WILLIAMS BUT MAY BE QUITE A WAYS TO THE NORTH. LOCATION GIVEN IS IN CATARACT CANYON ABOUT 10 MI SOUTHEAST OF SUPAI IN KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AFTER INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF PGE IN THE AREA, SUBSEQUENT ASSAYS DID NOT DETECT PT (BLAKE, 1900)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marcasite Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES ASSAYED 3.4 AND 5 PPM AG (CONVERTED FROM OZ/TON)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.62299, 36.11751
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Grand Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUIRING, HEINRICH, 1962, PLATINMETALLE IN DIE METALLISCHEN ROHSTOFFE 16 BAND: STUTTGART, FERDINAND ENKE VERLAG, P. 245.

  • Deposit

    BLAKE, W.P., 1900, DOES PLATINUM OCCUR IN ARIZONA?: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 69, FEB. 24, P. 224.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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