Omega Iron Deposit

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186155
MAS/MILS ID 0040210923
Record type Site
Current site name Omega Iron Deposit
Alternate or previous names Arkota Steel Placer, Red Rock Group, Garpak, Black Hills, Royal, Owlhead Magnetite Prospect, Black Sands Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.09399, 32.7654 (WGS84)
Elevation 876
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ninetysix Hills SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008 S 012 E 03 C Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.09399, 32.7654

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arkota Steel And Sovereign Industries
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1967
  • Type Owner
    Owner Southwestern Iron And Steel Inc
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1964
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tiago Mining Co(Subsidiary Iropox)
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDITIONAL LOC SECS: 7,8,17,20

  • Deposit

    USGS NINETYSIX HILLS SE QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR OMEGA (PART II)FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR OMEGA IRON PLACER DEPOSIT(OWLHEAD MAGNETITE PROSPECT)-

  • Deposit

    TWO FILES

  • Deposit

    ADMR TIAGO MINING CO FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES

  • Deposit

    AZ,BUR,GEO & MIN TECH.: MIN MAP NOTES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.