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Fort Apache Indian Reservation

Occurrence in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026859
MRDS ID M000632
Record type Site
Current site name Fort Apache Indian Reservation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.68736, 33.83757 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position NEAR MUSTANG RIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho Colorado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seneca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006N;006N 015E;016E 01,21;28 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Siltstone In The Formation Has Been Recrystallized To Hornfels.

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) -110.68736, 33.83757
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Rocks Have Been Strongly Affected By Structural Features Associated With The Intrusion Of Diabase And Also By Faults And Strong Joint Systems That Are Later Than The Diabase.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Some Of The Richest Uranium Deposits Are In Metamorphosed Parts Of The Upper Member Where It Is Intruded By Pinkish Potassium-Feldspar-Rich Aplitic Dikes.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, R. T., 1968 , MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE FORT APACHE INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 177 , P. 39

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) 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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