Latitude: 34°5'N
Longitude: 110°44'W
‡Ref.: Moore, R.T. (1968), Mineral deposits of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, AZ, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 177: 35; Burchard, E.F. (1931), Iron on Canyon Creek, USGS Bull. 821-C: 51-75; Stewart, L.A., US Bur. Mines Rpt. Investigation 4093: 23; Harrer, C.M., US Bur. Mines Info. Circ. 8236: 81.
An iron deposit located in the NW¼ sec. 15, T.8N., R.15½E., on the north side of Rock Creek and on the SW side of Bear Creek, about half way up the steep canyon walls.
Mineralization is a sedimentary ferruginous Mescal Limestone. The deposit is relatively thin, seldom more than a few feet in thickness, and crops out as discontinuous bands of low-grade material that can be traced for about 3,000 feet. The hematite ore is in irregular masses. The host rock is Chuska sandstone.
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