Kingman Feldspar Mines

The Kingman Feldspar Mines is a feldspar mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,901 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Kingman Feldspar Mines  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 3,901 Feet (1,189 Meters)

Commodity: Feldspar

Lat, Long: 35.26972, -114.06028

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Kingman Feldspar Mines MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Kingman Feldspar Mines


Commodity

Primary: Feldspar
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: SILL-LIKE


Structure

Type: R
Description: Reg.Struct: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Microcline
Ore: Allanite
Ore: Gadolinite
Ore: Euxenite


Comments

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEINS CUT THE PEGMATITE WITH NE TREND AND NW DIP

Comment (Workings): THE SURFACE WORKINGS REACH A MAXIMUN DEPTH OF 90 FT.


References

Reference (Deposit): OLSON AND HEINRICHS, 1960, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYL-BEARING PEGMATITES IN THE RUBY MTNS., OTHER AREAS OF NEVADA, AND NORTHWEST MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULL. 1082-D, P. 135 - 200.

Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1960, SOME RARE-EARTH MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA BULLETIN 167.

Reference (Production): UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA BULL. 167


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