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Chediski Hematite

Occurrence in Navajo 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232093
MRDS ID M003066
MAS/MILS ID 0040170087
Record type Site
Current site name Chediski Hematite
Alternate or previous names Chediski Iron, Marley Ranch Iron, Black Iron, Iron Mountain
Related records 10027425

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -110.71759, 34.13227 (WGS84)
Elevation 1725
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chediski Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Show Low(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Navajo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009 N 015 E 35 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 5500M
    Width 18M
    Depth to top 500M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 300
    Date of Last Modification 910829

Comments on the geologic information

  • IRON MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO THE SILICIFI- CATION IN THE MIDDLE MEMBER OF THE MESCAL LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONFLICTING LOC:IC 8236: T8N,R151/2.

  • Reserve-Resource

    KLEMIC,H; AZ.B.M. BULL.#180,P173.

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR APACHE IRON FILE

  • Deposit

    STEWART,L.A; USBM R.I.4093

  • Deposit

    HARRER,C.M; USBM IC 8236,P77-80

  • Deposit

    MOORE,R. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF FORT APACHE INDIAN RES.P32

  • Deposit

    USGS CRIB DATA REC#W016073

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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