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Unnamed Shaft Fe Deposit

Occurrence in Santa Cruz 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039643
MRDS ID M050556
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Shaft Fe Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.12402, 31.69846 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amado(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 012E 09 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Magnetite Oxidized To Limonite In The Pit.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.12402, 31.69846
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT,50-100 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    C.S. CREASEY, FIELD EXAM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SANDSTONE CUT BY SMALL VEINS OF COMB QUARTZ. NO SULFIDE MINERALS OBSERVED. MAGNETITE IS DETRITAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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