Mine detail: Lower Jumbo Mine

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.95784, -112.57102
dep_id: 10027531
mrds_id: M003257
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Lithium
Minor mineral: Feldspar, Beryllium
Trace mineral: Mica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Beryl, Feldspar, Spodumene
gangue: Albite, Hornblende, Muscovite, Quartz
orebody_fm: BULBOUS, PINCH AND SWELL
conc_proc: The Pegmatite Was Introduced Along Fractures, Bedding And Foliation Planes, And Along Country Rock Contacts. Emplacement Was Probably By Mechanical Injection Of Liquids, Accompanied By Local Replacement Of Susceptible Types Of Country Rock.
Reporter: Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Foliation In Gneiss, N 85 W, 53 N
References:
  • Deposit:: JAHNS, R. H., 1952 , PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 162 .
  • 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 MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
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