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Blue Bell Siding Occurrences

Occurrence in Yavapai 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027252
MRDS ID M002631
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell Siding Occurrences
Related records 10234895

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21352, 34.38533 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 1 MILE SW OF MAYER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mayer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 001E 25,36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES ( 1961 ): 27.3 , 35.6 % FE
Result 0.2 , 0.3 % TITANIA
Result 1.9 , 1.8 % MN
Result 0.17 P
Result 0.10 S
Result 39 % SILICA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21352, 34.38533
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR BAND
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 75 W
    Length 2413.95M
    Width 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HARD SILICEOUS MAGNETITE AND HEMATITE AS BANDS 1/8 TO 6 INCHES THICK IN SLATY TO SCHISTOSE AND TACONITE-LIKE YAVAPAI SERIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mayer District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., 1964 , RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACONITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1984 Johnson, Kris H. (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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