Mine detail: Quartzsite Deposit

Previously called 'DumortieriteBaylesQuartzite'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.62586, -114.24302

Resource(N)

Primary:	Kyanite
Tertiary:	Talc-Soapstone
Ore:	Andalusite, Dumortierite, Kyanite, Pyrophyllite, Sillimanite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile
Orebody form:	DIVERGENT, PARALLEL, OR CURVED MASSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Mica Schist
Alteration processes:	Three Isomeric Aluminum Silicates, Andalusite, Kyanite, And Sillimanite, Are Associated With The Dumortierite And Show Alteration To Pyrophyllite Instead Of To Muscovite.

References

MRDS	TC10171
DEP	10060207
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Bolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.