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Oak Creek Deposit

Occurrence in Navajo 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092694
MRDS ID M899972
Record type Site
Current site name Oak Creek Deposit
Related records 10113773

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.69625, 34.04451 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 1.2 MILES SE OF OAK CREEK RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Navajo(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Creek Ranch(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 008N 016E 31 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result BEST ORE RANGES FROM 50-65% METALLIC IRON 4.5-26.5% SILICA, AND 0.12-0.40% PHOSPHORUS.

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone
    Rock description Mescal Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.69625, 34.04451
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES
    Strike N30E
    Dip 30SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MOORE, RT., 1968, MIN. DEPOSITS OF FORT APACHE INDIAN RES.: A.B.M. BULL. 177, P. 29-36.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1993 Orris, Greta J. 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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