Mine detail: Buckeye Hills Mica

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 33.31258, -112.58241

Resource(N)

Primary: Mica
Ore: Muscovite, Sericite
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Schist,Gneiss
Associated type:Pegmatite

References

MRDSTC10712
DEP10105116
Reference{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:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: STERRET, D.B., 1923, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 740, 342 P.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., AND ROSEVEARE, G.H., 1949, ARIZONA NONMETALLICS, A SUMMARY OF PAST PRODUCTION AND PRESENT OPERATIONS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 155, 60 P.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterBolm, Karen S.