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Seligman Iron Prospect

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10027545
MRDS ID M003329
Record type Site
Current site name Seligman Iron Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cowden, Iron Chancellor

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.88048, 35.09809 (WGS84)
Relative position 18.6 ROAD MILES S OF SELIGMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turkey Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Chino-Williamson Valley(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(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 020N;020N 006W;006W 15,21,22,23,26,27 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 13 PATENTED AND 16 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, AVERAGED FROM 11 SAMPLES: 61.6 % FE, 0.07 % P, 0.02 % S, 3.6 % SIO2 , 2.4 % CAO, 1.4 % AL2O3 . SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS INDICATES AS MUCH AS: 0.01 % PB, 0.03 % ZN, 0.16 % CU, 0.05 % AS, 0.10 % TI, 0.01 % MO, 0.005 % CR, 0.005 % V.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.88048, 35.09809
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone - Intrusive Andesite Contacts

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seligman Iron District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS DIAMOND DRILL HOLES, PITS AND OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., 1964 , RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236 , P. 116

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 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.

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