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Western Beryl Prospect

Occurrence in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodity Beryllium
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  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027713
MRDS ID M003921
Record type Site
Current site name Western Beryl Prospect
Alternate or previous names Rock Candy, North Star

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02664, 36.66499 (WGS84)
Elevation 1292
Relative position ABOUT 17 MILES SW OF LITTLEFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hen Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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 Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 038N 016W 27 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Chrysoberyl Ore
Albite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BEO ASSAYS 0 TO 0.45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Early Proterozoic metamorphic rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pegmatite Intruded Along Regional Schistosity Trend

Ore body information

  • General form SILL
    Strike N E
    Dip SE
    Width 1.37M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bentley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G.H. JR., INVESTIGATIONS OF BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN VIRGIN MOUNTAINS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEV., AND MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZ.: U.S.B.M. I.C. 6572 , P. 13 - 20 , 24

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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