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Dixie Queen

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar, Beryllium, Quartz
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060351
MRDS ID TC10728
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Queen
Alternate or previous names Monte Cristo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.77019, 34.33505 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weaver Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 012N 005W 34 SW4 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Quartz Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BERYL CRYSTALS UP TO 15 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Muscovite Ore
Quartz Ore
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.77019, 34.33505
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1954

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION OF FELDSPAR, SCRAP MICA, AND BERYL.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS WITH SOME DRIFTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONED PEGMATITE. EXPOSURE 300 FT LONG, 100 FT WIDE, AND 30 FT DEEP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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