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Apache

Past Producer in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027418
MRDS ID M003056
Record type Site
Current site name Apache
Alternate or previous names Apache Iron, Alsace-Lorraine No. 1-2 Claims, Canyon Creek No. 2 Claim, Swamp Creek Mountan
Related records 10161818

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74292, 34.17895 (WGS84)
Elevation 1792
Relative position 0.5 MILE NORTH OF THE PYRAMIDS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chediski Peak(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Navajo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009N 015E 15 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Specularite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization

Analytical data

Result 53.48% FE, 0.29% P, 17.95% SIO2, 0.60% CAO, 0.10% TIO2, 0.07% S
Result REMAINING PERCENT OF ORE CONSISTS OF AL2O3, K2O AND NA2O.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Troy Formation--Chediski Sandstone
    Rock description Troy Formation--Chediski Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Mescal Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.74292, 34.17895
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES
    Dip 0-17SW
    Thickness 6.4M
    Length 144837M
    Width 57934.8M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1966

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1931
    Total resources 4464000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 56 wt-pct Iron Major 1931
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1967
    Total resources 6696000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 43 wt-pct Iron Major 1967

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL RESERVES FOR ALSACE-LORRAINE CLAIMS NOS. 1-6

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 90M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BURCHARD, E.F., 1931, IRON ORE ON CANYON CREEK, USGS BULL. 821-C, P. 51-75.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    USGS BULL. 821-C; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S
Deposit THE HEMATITE ZONE IS NEAR THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE WHITE CHEDISKI SANDSTONE OF THE TROY FORMATION AND THE MESCAL LIMESTONE, JUST BELOW A SILICIFIED ALGAL ZONE. THE ORE RANGES FROM NEARLY PURE RED TO BLUISH-BLACK HEMATITE WITH SOME SPECULARITE TO BEDS THAT ARE INTERLAYERED AND MIXED WITH CHERT, JASPEROID, SANDSTONE, AND SHALE. ORE IS FRACTURED AND SLICKENSIDED AND IN AN ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE..
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS FOR ADJACENT ALSACE-LORRAINE CLAIMS 3-7: M003058, M003059, M003055, M003064, M003061.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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