‡Ref.: Moore, Richard T. (1968), AZ Bur. of Mines Bull. 177: 31; Burchard, E.F. (1931), Iron on Canyon Creek, USGS Bull. 821-C: 51-75; Sawyer M.B., et al (1992), Principal deposits of strategic and critical minerals in Arizona; Harrer, C.M., US Bur. Mines Info. Circ. 8236: 77-80; Stewart, L.A., US Bur. Mines Rpt. Investigation 4093.
A sedimentary iron ore occurrence located in secs. 27, 34 & 35, T.9N., R.15½E. on the East slope of Chediski Ridge/Butte, between Lost Tank & Mountain Lion Canyons, about 3 miles down Canyon Creek from the Apache deposit.
Mineralization is a deposit near the top of the silicified middle member of the Mescal Limestone and is overlain by the Chadiski Sandstone. Hematite ore occurs in tabular, irregular masses with silicification as an alteration product.
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