Black Gold Iron Prospect

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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. 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. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027276
MRDS ID M002691
Record type Site
Current site name Black Gold Iron Prospect
Related records 10210258

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.12546, 34.59811 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 9 MILES NE OF HUMBOLDT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humboldt(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 13,14 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result TWO CHARACTER SAMPLES: 33.5 , 33.6 % FE
Result 4.5 , 3.4 % MN
Result 28.5 , 35.1 % SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.12546, 34.59811

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR BAND
    Strike N 65 W
    Dip 60 NE
    Length 804.65M
    Width 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THESE 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

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Total resources 90000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 33.5 wt-pct Iron Major 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., 1964 , RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236 , P. 97

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE

Reporter information

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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