Mine detail: Chediski

Previously called 'Marley Ranch IronChediski HematiteBlack IronIron Mountain'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.14368, -110.7218

Resource(B)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Mescal Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Chert
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M003066
DEP	10027425
Reference	{Deposit:: BURCHARD, E.F., 1931, IRON 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 STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
Reporter	Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.), Orris, Greta J.