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Iron Claims Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026836
MRDS ID M000478
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Claims Mine
Related records 10161344

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.51485, 33.34509 (WGS84)
Elevation 939
Relative position 3 MILES W OF SAN CARLOS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bucket Mountain(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)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001S 018E 16 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE ON SAN CARLOS RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.51485, 33.34509
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 60 E
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HEMATITE RANGES IN COLOR FROM BLACK TO ORANGE, BUT IS COMMONLY DEEP BRICK RED; IT RANGES IN FIRMNESS FROM PULVERULENT TO COMPACT; THE COMPACT MATERIAL IS THE MOST COMMON. THE HEMATITE IS MASSIVE AND IN PLACES APPEARS TO HAVE DIRECTLY REPLACED THE LIMESTONE BRECCIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS EXPLORED BY A VERTICAL SHAFT ABOUT 100 FEET DEEP, TWO SHORT ADITS, AND SEVERAL CUTS AND PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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