Mine detail: Mica Giant

Previously called 'Wayne Mica'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.03725, -113.85051

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Feldspar
Ore: Feldspar, Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1928

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1944, 1947

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated type:Pegmatite

References

MRDSTC10715
DEP10060341
Reference{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: MEEVES, H.C., HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S., AND SHANNON, S.S., JR., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES, ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH, AND WYOMING: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8298, 34 P.}{Deposit:: USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1944, MICA GIANT OPERATION TO UNDERGO EXPANSION: MINING JOURNAL, V. 28, NO. 5, P. 32.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.