| Deposit ID | 10060341 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC10715 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mica Giant |
| Alternate or previous names | Wayne Mica |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.85051, 35.03725 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mohave(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dean Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)
Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Mohave |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 019N | 015W | 10 | SE4 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mica | Primary |
| Feldspar | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | HIGH-GRADE MUSCOVITE. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -113.85051, 35.03725 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1928 |
| Production years | 1944, 1947 |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Roy V. Waughtel |
| First year | 1944 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Smith, T. Mac |
| First year | 1944 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC10715 |
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.
MEEVES, H.C., HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S., AND SHANNON, S.S., JR., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES, ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH, AND WYOMING: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8298, 34 P.
USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
MINING JOURNAL, 1944, MICA GIANT OPERATION TO UNDERGO EXPANSION: MINING JOURNAL, V. 28, NO. 5, P. 32.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MUSCOVITE IN BOOKS IN PEGMATITE. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC38441 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1990 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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