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Mica Mule

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Mica, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064558
MRDS ID TC38961
Record type Site
Current site name Mica Mule
Alternate or previous names Silver Mica
Related records 10162041

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.19517, 34.05284 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Canyon City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 002E 07 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN BRADSHAW MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore

Analytical data

Result LOCALLY PEGMATITES CONTAIN UP TO 70% MICA.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.19517, 34.05284
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tropicana Res/United Liberty
    Home office Vancouver, British Columbia
    First year 1986

Comments on development

  • 1984-86: FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR MICA MINE AND MILL, EVALUATION OF PART OF PROPERTY FOR GOLD. PRODUCTION OF MICA ON TRIAL BASIS ONLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SWARM OF PEGMATITE DIKES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-93 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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Authoritative Arizona resources

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