Mine detail: Picacho View Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

33.96839, -112.56157

Resource(B)

Primary:	Feldspar
Secondary:	Beryllium
Tertiary:	Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Lead, Zinc, REE, Molybdenum, Lithium, Gold
Ore:	Albite, Allanite, Beryl, Galena, Hemimorphite, Lepidolite, Microcline, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Biotite, Fluorite, Garnet, Muscovite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	RECTANGULAR, IRREGULAR PODS
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1939

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942
Last production ended:	1985

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Foliation Of Schist Trends E-Ne, Dips 30 Nw And Se
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	M003390
DEP	10102521
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:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: 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:: 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:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}{Reserve-Resource:: ABM BULLETIN 162 , P. 93}
Reporter	Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J.