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Rare Metals Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Beryllium, Bismuth, Feldspar, Fluorine-Fluorite, Semiprecious Gemstone, Mica, Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tantalum, Thorium, Uranium
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Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283856
MRDS ID M003704
MAS/MILS ID 0040150727
Record type Site
Current site name Rare Metals Mine
Alternate or previous names Waldren Mining Co
Related records 10027655

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -113.55548, 34.84113 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tule Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017 N 012 W 21 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Semiprecious Gemstone Tertiary
Mica Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Primary
Tantalum Critical Secondary
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Unknown
Beryl Unknown
Bismutite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Euxenite Unknown
Fergusonite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Gadolinite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Microcline Unknown
Monazite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Yttrotantalite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) Pliocene to middle Miocene deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 183M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 910924

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRIKE AND DIP WERE GIVEN AS N85E WITH A DIP OF 30-40 DEGREES NE (SIC). WIDTH OF MINERALIZATION IS UP TO 12 M.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aquarius Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. L. Edgerton
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONFLICTING LOC.INFO.: SEC 21,T17N,R12W-CORRECTION MADE

  • Deposit

    IN ADMR'S COPY OF USBM IC 8298

  • Deposit

    GARNET

  • Deposit

    BERYL

  • Deposit

    ADMR MOHAVE FILES

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI,E.A.,ADMR INDUSTRIAL MINERALS RPT,#2,P41

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8298,P20

  • Deposit

    HESS,F.L., USGS BULL 761,P15

  • Deposit

    KEITH,S.B., AZ.B.M. BULL #180,P346

  • Deposit

    WEED,W.H. MINES HANDBOOK 1925 P 494

  • Deposit

    ADAMS,J.W.& STAATZ,M.H., AZ,B.M.BULL.#180,P247

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY IS PRIMARILY A RARE EARTH DEPOSIT WITH BYPRODUCT COLUMBIUM-TANTALUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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