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White Picacho District

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), Feldspar, Tantalum, Tungsten, Beryllium, Mica, Bismuth, Lithium, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Vanadium, Molybdenum, REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000001
MRDS ID D000844
Record type District
Current site name White Picacho District
Alternate or previous names Picacho View, Anderson, Climax, Friction, Scheelite Reef, Buena Vista Properties, Starlight, Lower Jumbo, Hertz, Independence, Midnight Owl, Lucky Strike, Morning Star, North Morning Star, Outpost, Sunrise, Sunset

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53404, 33.98336 (WGS84)

Site location context

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai
United States Arizona Maricopa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Primary
Feldspar Primary
Tantalum Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary
Mica Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Lithium Critical Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.53404, 33.98336
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both

Mining district

District name WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H., 1952, PEGMATITES OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 162.

  • 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.

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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