Mine detail: Black Chief Group Occurrence

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.60866, -112.1088
dep_id: 10027256
mrds_id: M002646
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Magnetite
gangue: Copper
orebody_fm: LINEAR BAND
conc_proc: Possibly Sedimentary Deposits In Which Iron And Silica Formed As Chemical Precipitates. May Also Have Formed By Later Metamorphism Of Some Other Iron Mineral, Or Deposited As Primary Magnetite.
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Dewitt, Ed H.
References:
  • HARRER, C.M., 1964 , RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236 , P. 9
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