Mine detail: Midnight Owl Mine

Previously called 'Lithia King'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.99839, -112.51407

Resource(B)

Primary:	Feldspar
Secondary:	Lithium, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Tertiary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore:	Amblygonite, Beryl, Lepidolite, Lithiophilite, Spodumene, Tourmaline
Gangue:	Albite, Apatite, Bismutite, Cleavelandite, Muscovite, Purpurite, Quartz, Spessartite, Stewartite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Foliation Trends N 20 E, Dips Steep Yet Variable, Mostly Nw.

References

MRDS	M003258
DEP	10027532
Reference	{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 .}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J.