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Black Chief Group Occurrence

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027256
MRDS ID M002646
Record type Site
Current site name Black Chief Group Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1088, 34.60866 (WGS84)
Elevation 1715
Relative position 4 MILES NW OF CHERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(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)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 002E 12 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Copper Gangue

Analytical data

Result USBM 1961 SAMPLE: 37.2 % FE, 4.1 % MN, 0.3 % TIO2, 0.42 % P, 0.09 % S, 32.6 % SI

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1088, 34.60866
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR BAND
    Strike NW
    Dip 45 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • THESE JASPER-MAGNETITE BEDS GENERALLY RESEMBLE THE PRECAMBRIAN IRON FORMATION OF THE CANADIAN SHIELD, YET ARE MUCH LESS RICH IN ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ash Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., 1964 , RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236 , P. 99

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Dewitt, Ed H. 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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