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Kingman Feldspar Mines

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Feldspar, REE, Tantalum, Niobium (Columbium)
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009099
MRDS ID D001770
Record type Site
Current site name Kingman Feldspar Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.06108, 35.26974 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 5 MILES N OF KINGMAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022N 017W 26 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Euxenite Ore
Gadolinite Ore
Microcline Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.06108, 35.26974
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Ore body information

  • General form SILL-LIKE
    Strike N 58 E
    Dip 68 NW
    Length 457.2M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Pegmatite Has A Well-Defined Internal Structure: The Border Zone Is 1-2 Feet Thick, Fine Grained Quartz And Feldspar; The Wall Zone Is 10-20 Feet Thick, Med-Grained (1-3 Inches) Quartz, Feldspar, Muscovite, Garnet, Magnetite And Pods Of Allanite; The Core Is 40-200 Feet Thick, Microcline Up To 12 Feet Across, Quartz Up To 15 Feet Long.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEINS CUT THE PEGMATITE WITH NE TREND AND NW DIP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1924 - 1960

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 411.48M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE SURFACE WORKINGS REACH A MAXIMUN DEPTH OF 90 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLSON AND HEINRICHS, 1960, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYL-BEARING PEGMATITES IN THE RUBY MTNS., OTHER AREAS OF NEVADA, AND NORTHWEST MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULL. 1082-D, P. 135 - 200.

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E.W., 1960, SOME RARE-EARTH MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA BULLETIN 167.

  • Production

    UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA BULL. 167

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Parker, Raymond L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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