Rock Creek Iron Deposit

Occurrence in Navajo county in Arizona, United States with commodity Iron
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283742
MAS/MILS ID 0040170203
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Creek Iron Deposit
Alternate or previous names Split Rock, Gentry-Rock Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.749, 34.09727 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707

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 008 N 015 E 11 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.749, 34.09727

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART,L.A.,USBM R.I.,4093,P23

  • Deposit

    HARRER,C.M.,USBM IC 8236,P81

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.