The Apache is a iron mine located in Navajo county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,879 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,879 Feet (1,792 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 34.17889, -110.74222
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Apache MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Apache
Secondary: Apache Iron
Secondary: Alsace-Lorraine No. 1-2 Claims
Secondary: Canyon Creek No. 2 Claim
Secondary: Swamp Creek Mountan
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Location
State: Arizona
County: Navajo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1966
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR MASSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REMAINING PERCENT OF ORE CONSISTS OF AL2O3, K2O AND NA2O.
Analytical Data: 53.48% FE, 0.29% P, 17.95% SIO2, 0.60% CAO, 0.10% TIO2, 0.07% S
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): TOTAL RESERVES FOR ALSACE-LORRAINE CLAIMS NOS. 1-6
Comment (Deposit): THE HEMATITE ZONE IS NEAR THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE WHITE CHEDISKI SANDSTONE OF THE TROY FORMATION AND THE MESCAL LIMESTONE, JUST BELOW A SILICIFIED ALGAL ZONE. THE ORE RANGES FROM NEARLY PURE RED TO BLUISH-BLACK HEMATITE WITH SOME SPECULARITE TO BEDS THAT ARE INTERLAYERED AND MIXED WITH CHERT, JASPEROID, SANDSTONE, AND SHALE. ORE IS FRACTURED AND SLICKENSIDED AND IN AN ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE..
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS FOR ADJACENT ALSACE-LORRAINE CLAIMS 3-7: M003058, M003059, M003055, M003064, M003061.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
References
Reference (Deposit): BURCHARD, E.F., 1931, IRON ORE ON CANYON CREEK, USGS BULL. 821-C, P. 51-75.
Reference (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.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Reserve-Resource): USGS BULL. 821-C; SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
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