M and P Claims

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar, Quartz
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060343
MRDS ID TC10717
Record type Site
Current site name M and P Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.06747, 35.78195 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garnet Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(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 028N 017W 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINE IS A FEW FT ABOVE A BREAK IN SLOPE AT THE BASE OF THE RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Feldspar Secondary
Quartz Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLAWED, LIGHT GREEN (PART CLEAR AND PART BLACK STAINED) MUSCOVITE BOOKS WEIGHING SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS EACH. THE MUSCOVITE BOOKS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY "A" STRUCTURE, HAVING REEVES OR RIDGES IN THE FORM OF AN A OR CHEVRON. FELDSPAR IS A POTENTIAL PRODUCT BUT IS TOO COSTLY TO MINE AND TRANSPORT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.06747, 35.78195

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 60 NE
    Length 60.96M
    Width 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1943-1945

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles M. Sisson And 2 Partners
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION OF SHEET MICA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 PITS, ONE 40 FT DRIFT WITH A 15 FT WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

  • Deposit

    OLSON, J.C., AND HINRICHS, E.N., 1960, BERYL-BEARING PEGMATITES IN THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND OTHER AREAS IN NEVADA AND NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1082-D, P. 135-200.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLAWED MUSCOVITE BOOKS.
Deposit 6 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.