The Chediski is a iron mine located in Navajo county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 34.14361, -110.72111
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Chediski MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chediski
Secondary: Marley Ranch Iron
Secondary: Chediski Hematite
Secondary: Black Iron
Secondary: Iron Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Location
State: Arizona
County: Navajo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR MASSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RANGE OF RESOURCE IS 10,000,000 TO 15,000,000 LT OF ORE.
Comment (Location): USBM GIVES LOCATION AS 34-07-56N, 110-43-01W. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1992)
Comment (Deposit): 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.
Comment (Geology): THE HEMATITE ZONE IS NEAR THE COUNDARY BETWEEN THE WHITE CHEDISKI SANDSTONE OF THE TROY FM AND THE MESCAL LST, JUST BELOW A SILICIFIED ALGAL ZONE.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
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 STATS BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): BURCHARD, E.F., 1931, IRON ON CANYON CREEK: USGS BULL. 821-C,P 51-75.
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