Mine detail: White Picacho District

Previously called 'ClimaxAndersonPicacho ViewSunsetSunriseOutpostNorth Morning StarLucky StrikeMidnight OwlIndependenceHertzLower JumboStarlightFrictionScheelite ReefBuena Vista Properties'

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Location: Maricopa, Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.98336, -112.53404
dep_id: 60000001
mrds_id: D000844
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tungsten, Tantalum, Feldspar, Niobium (Columbium)
Minor mineral: Lithium, Bismuth, Mica, Beryllium
Trace mineral: Zinc, Gold, Lead, Vanadium, Molybdenum, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: DISSEMINATED, PEGMATITE, SKARN
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore_ctrl: FRACTURES, BEDDING AND FOLIATION PLANES, CONTACT ZONES
References:
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
  • Deposit:: JAHNS, R.H., 1952, PEGMATITES OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 162.
  • 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.
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