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National Ranch Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027313
MRDS ID M002829
Record type Site
Current site name National Ranch Prospect
Alternate or previous names Iron Spice, Iron Prince
Related records 10282590

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.80542, 34.1284 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 9 AIR MILES EAST OF YOUNG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parallel Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Show Low(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(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

Tonto 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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N}009N 015E}015E 08,09}15,16,17 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result A CHARACTER SAMPLE CONTAINED 35.4% FE
Result 0.4% MN
Result 0.4% TIO2
Result 0.20% P
Result 0.08% S
Result AND 37.6% SIO2 . A SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS INDICATED THE PRESENCE OF 0.01 TO 0.1% COBALT, COPPER, AND NICKEL, AND 0.001 TO 0.01% UANADIUM. OTHER SAMPLES CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 57% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Mescal Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.80542, 34.1284
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 21.34M
    Length 2574.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS ONE OF MANY SIMILAR HEMATITE OCCURRENCES IS THIS PART OF GILA AND NAVAJO COUNTIES AND IS CONSIDERED PART OF THE BROAD CONTACT - METAMORPHIC REPLACEMENT OF THE MESCAL LIMESTONE THAT HAS BEEN DILATED AND SHATTERED INTO A COMPLEX OF FAULT BLOCKS BY WIDE SPREAD INTRUSIONS OF DIABASE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., 1964, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236, P. 46

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT WAS KNOWN BEFORE 1930 ; DURING 1960 IT WAS LOCATED AS THE IRON SPIKE, IRON PRINCE, AND EXTENSION GROUPS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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