Mine detail: Pikes Peak Prospect

Previously called 'Hieroglyphic MountainsIron AgePig IronBessemer'

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Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.85423, -112.41185
dep_id: 10027526
mrds_id: M003249
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Goethite, Hausmannite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Martite, Pyrolusite
gangue: Apatite, Feldspar, Ilmenite, Mica, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Advanced Argillic
ore_ctrl: Bedding
Reporter: Gere, W., Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Yavapai Schist
hrock_type: Greenstone,Schist
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Minor Faults, No Displacement
tectonic: Basin And Range
disc_yr: 1906
discr: Epes Randolph
References:
  • Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., AND HAVENS, R., 1957, PIKES PEAK IRON DEPOSITS, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZ.: USBM RI 5319, 31 P.
  • Deposit:: ARRER, 1964, USBM IC 8236, P. 67-70.
  • 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:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992;
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