Mine detail: Quartzsite Deposit

Previously called 'DumortieriteBaylesQuartzite'

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Location: La Paz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.62586, -114.24302
dep_id: 10060207
mrds_id: TC10171
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kyanite
Trace mineral: Talc-Soapstone
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Andalusite, Dumortierite, Kyanite, Pyrophyllite, Sillimanite
gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile
orebody_fm: DIVERGENT, PARALLEL, OR CURVED MASSES
alteration: Three Isomeric Aluminum Silicates, Andalusite, Kyanite, And Sillimanite, Are Associated With The Dumortierite And Show Alteration To Pyrophyllite Instead Of To Muscovite.
Reporter: Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Mica Schist
References:
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 2ND ED.: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
  • Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
  • Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1929, AN OCCURRENCE OF DUMORTIERITE NEAR QUARTZSITE, ARIZONA: THE AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 14, P. 373-381.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
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