Outpost Extension Prospect

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Feldspar, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, Quartz, Mica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027573
MRDS ID M003394
Record type Site
Current site name Outpost Extension Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.55768, 33.98478 (WGS84)
Elevation 1012
Relative position 10 MILES E OF WICKENBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 003W 34 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Quartz Tertiary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Ore
Bismutite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.55768, 33.98478

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ARCH-LIKE
    Plunge direction NE
    Width 10.67M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY ARE SIMILAR TO THE OUTPOST DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Picacho District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R. H., 1952 , PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINE BULLETIN 162 .

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN PEGMATITE COMPRISES FIVE WELL DEFINED ZONES. (1) A DISCONTINUOUS OUTER SELVAGE OF QUARTZ, ALBITE, MUSCOVITE, AND SCHORL, ALSO MICA. (2) THE WALL ZONE ( 2 TO 55 FEET THICK ) OF PERTHITE, QUARTZ, ALBITE, AND MUSCOVITE IS MOSTLY COARSE GRAINED. (3) THE OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE IS COARSE GRAINED BLOCKY PERTHITE. TOURMALINE IS LOCALLY ABUNDANT. (4) THE INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE HAS VERY COARSE PERTHITE AND MASSES OF QUARTZ. (5) THE CORE IS ARBITRARILY DESIGNATED AS HIGHER GRADE FELDSPAR THAN THE PREVIOUS ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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