Mine detail: Dixie Queen

Previously called 'Monte Cristo'

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Location

Lat / long: 34.33505, -112.77019

Resource(B)

Primary: Feldspar, Mica
Secondary: Beryllium, Quartz
Ore: Beryl, Feldspar, Muscovite, Quartz
Gangue: Sericite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1954

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated type:Pegmatite

References

MRDSTC10728
DEP10060351
Reference{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 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:: 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:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterBolm, Karen S., Orris, Greta J.