| Location: | Navajo County, Arizona, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 34.17895, -110.74292 |
| dep_id: | 10027418 |
| mrds_id: | M003056 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Iron |
| Trace mineral: | Phosphorus-Phosphates |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Sedimentary |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Hematite, Magnetite, Specularite |
| gangue: | Apatite, Quartz, Sericite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR MASSES |
| work_type: | Surface |
| model: | 241: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation) |
| alteration: | Silicification, Sericitization |
| ore_ctrl: | Bedding |
| Reporter: | Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J. |
| hrock_unit: | Mescal Limestone |
| hrock_type: | Quartzite,Chert |
| arock_unit: | Troy Formation--Chediski Sandstone |
| arock_type: | Sandstone |
| Year first produced: | 1966 |
| disc_yr: | 1895 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: BURCHARD, E.F., 1931, IRON ORE ON CANYON CREEK, USGS BULL. 821-C, P. 51-75.
- Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
- Other Database:: CIMRI
- Reserve-Resource:: USGS BULL. 821-C; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
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