Placer Magnetite Deposits

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283736
MAS/MILS ID 0040210980
Record type Site
Current site name Placer Magnetite Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.12879, 32.7368 (WGS84)
Elevation 805
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durham Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008 S 012 E 17 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.12879, 32.7368

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arkota Steel Co.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS TORTOLITA MTS QUAD

  • Deposit

    BARTER,CHARLES F GEOLOGY OF THE OWL HEAD MINING DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    PINAL COUNTY,AZ MS UOFA 1962

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.