Mine detail: Apache

Previously called 'Apache IronAlsace-Lorraine No. 1-2 ClaimsCanyon Creek No. 2 ClaimSwamp Creek Mountan'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.17895, -110.74292

Resource(B)

Primary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore:	Hematite, Magnetite, Specularite
Gangue:	Apatite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR MASSES
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1966

Geology

Host rock:	Mescal Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite,Chert
Associated rock:	Troy Formation--Chediski Sandstone
Associated type:	Sandstone
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Sericitization

References

MRDS	M003056
DEP	10027418
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.