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Muscovite Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099473
MRDS ID TC38433
Record type Site
Current site name Muscovite Mine
Alternate or previous names B.A.R.R. 4 Mica, Vassar Mica

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30018, 34.23644 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 3 MI NE OF CROWN KING., Est +/- 2 Miles

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown King(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Castle Creek Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 001E 06 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NO SECTIONS MARKED ON TOPO. LAT-LONG GIVEN ABOVE IS AN ESTIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Muscovite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30018, 34.23644
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Prescott National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION OF MUSCOVITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY ZONED PEGMATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-93 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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