| Deposit ID | 10102521 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M003390 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Picacho View Mine |
| Related records | 10137487 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.56157, 33.96839 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 939 |
| Relative position | 9 MILES E OF WICKENBURG, NEAR COUNTY BORDER. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 007N | 003W | 10 | E2 OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Beryllium Critical | Secondary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Tertiary |
| Tantalum Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Lithium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Albite | Ore |
| Allanite | Ore |
| Beryl | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Lepidolite | Ore |
| Microcline | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Molybdite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | -112.56157, 33.96839 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation Of Schist Trends E-Ne, Dips 30 Nw And Se |
| General form | RECTANGULAR, IRREGULAR PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 55 E |
| Dip | 35-55 SE |
| Length | 73.15M |
| Width | 42.67M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1939 |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| Year of last production | 1985 |
| District name | White Picacho District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Whitehall Co. |
| First year | 1952 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rupert Spivey |
| First year | 1988 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 36.58M |
| Overall width | 12.19M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M003390 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040251836 |
JAHNS, R. H., 1952 , PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 162 .
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
CIMRI
SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
ABM BULLETIN 162 , P. 93
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MANY STRINGERS, DIKES, AND IRREGULAR PODS OF PEGMATITE ARE SCATTERED THROUGH THE SCHIST. PEGMATITE-WALLROCK CONTACTS ARE VERY SHARP AND LOCALLY SHOW EVIDENCE OF SHEARING. SMALL SCALE "FEATHERING" AND LARGER IRREGULARITIES OF PEGMATITE INTO SCHIST ARE COMMON. 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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