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Pig Iron 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027331
MRDS ID M002883
Record type Site
Current site name Pig Iron Prospect
Related records 10161566

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.17404, 34.00035 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position NORTHERN AREA OF THE SIERRA ANCHA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sheep Basin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Payson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Holbrook(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tonto(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 008N}008N 011E}012E 36}20,29,30 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF SAMPLES CONTAIN, 18.6 TO 31.8% FE
Result .5 TO 1.5% MN
Result 37.8 TO 57.1% SIO2
Result 0.03 TO 0.1% P
Result 0.05 TO 0.11 S
Result 2.6 TO 7.6 TIO2
Result 8.2 TO 10.0 AL2O3.

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.17404, 34.00035
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting Is Evident In The Area Although No Marked Displacement Of The Iron Formation Was Noted Along The Outcrop Examined. Recemented Boulders Of Fault Debris Containing Inclusions Of Iron-Bearing Quartzite Were Noted Along Stream Channels

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 55 E
    Dip 75 NW
    Length 4827.9M
    Width 609.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spring Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRIER, C.M., 1964, RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236, P. 47

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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