Mine detail: Midnight Owl Mine

Previously called 'Lithia King'

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.99839, -112.51407
dep_id: 10027532
mrds_id: M003258
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Feldspar
Minor mineral: Lithium, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Trace mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Amblygonite, Beryl, Lepidolite, Lithiophilite, Spodumene, Tourmaline
gangue: Albite, Apatite, Bismutite, Cleavelandite, Muscovite, Purpurite, Quartz, Spessartite, Stewartite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, TABULAR
conc_proc: The Pegmatite Was Introduced Along Fractures, Bedding A 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.
ore_ctrl: Fracturing
Reporter: Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Schist,Gneiss
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Foliation Trends N 20 E, Dips Steep Yet Variable, Mostly Nw.
References:
  • Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1952, PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 162.
  • Deposit:: ARIZ BUREAU OF MINES BULL 180, P. 98
  • Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
  • Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
  • 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.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ABM BULLETIN 162 .
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