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Rare Metals Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.52467, 34.79864 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position BY ROAD, 55 MI SE OF KINGMAN.

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)

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 16N 012W 21 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE. PHILLIPS GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 21, T16N, R12W; USBM AND JOHNSON AND CREASY GAVE SEC. 21, T17N, R12W. USED PIERCE'S LOCATION. LAT-LONG GIVEN ABOVE IS FOR PROSPECT MARK IN SEC. 21, T16.5N, R12W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Uranium Primary
Tantalum Critical Secondary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Feldspar Tertiary
Mica Tertiary
Garnet Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Bismutite Ore
Euxenite Ore
Fergusonite Ore
Gadolinite Ore
Monazite Ore
Yttrotantalite Ore
Albite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result YTTROTANTALITE PEGMATITE COMPOSITION: YE2O3 38.86%, CE2O3 11.50%, BEO 11.50%, FEO 11.56%, SIO2 24.21%.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.52467, 34.79864
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 85 E
    Dip 30 - 40 NE
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1950 - 1960

Mining district

District name Aquarius Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • 7-8 TONS YTTROTANTALLITE ORE, SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONAZITE AND GADOLINITE YIELDED, ALSO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.021HA
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL 167

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANITE ENCLOSES PEGMATITE DIKES WHICH CONTAIN ORE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D001768 OF PARKER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Parker, Raymond L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 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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