| Deposit ID | 10258983 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M003258 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0040251405 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Midnight Owl Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Lithia King Mine |
| Related records | 10027532 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.51404, 33.99836 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1128 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Phoenix(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008 N | 002 W | 31 | NWNWNW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Secondary |
| Bismuth Critical | Secondary |
| Feldspar | Secondary |
| Lithium Critical | Secondary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Primary |
| Tantalum Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Albite | Unknown |
| Amblygonite | Unknown |
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Beryl | Unknown |
| Cleavelandite | Unknown |
| Columbite | Unknown |
| Lepidolite | Unknown |
| Lithiophilite | Unknown |
| Muscovite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Spessartite | Unknown |
| Spodumene | Unknown |
| Tantalite | Unknown |
| Tourmaline | Unknown |
| Triphylite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -112.51404, 33.99836 |
|---|
| |||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | White Picacho |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | Mixed |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anderson, Sidney B. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Arizona |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fansteel Corp. |
| Year | 1987 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040251405 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M003258 | MAS references MRDS |
USGS RED PICACHO QUAD
ADMR EL ORO GROUP FILE
ADMR MIDNIGHT OWL FILE
USBM RECON OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS 1C 8298
1966 P 22
JAHNS PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT AZBM
BUL 162 1952 P 98
AZBM BULL 180 MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF AZ 1969 P 98
NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ
03DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NIEMUTH OF ADMMR (ADMMR REP. D-29(87), 1987) DESCRIBES CURRENT ACTIVITY BY FANSTEEL CORP. AS "SAMPLING OF PEGMA- TITES, SURFACE DRILLING PROGRAM, PILOT GRAVITY TEST OF BULK SAMPLE FOR TANTALUM RECOVERY. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 17-SEP-1991 | Osmonson | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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