Rare Metals Mine

The Rare Metals Mine is a ree mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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: Rare Metals Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Mohave

Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)

Commodity: REE

Lat, Long: 34.8411, -113.55470

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Rare Metals Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rare Metals Mine
Secondary: Waldren Mining Co


Commodity

Primary: REE
Secondary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)


Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Aquarius Mountains 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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: L. L. Edgerton
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1960


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: 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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Euxenite
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Bismutite
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Albite
Unknown: Yttrotantalite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Microcline
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Gadolinite
Unknown: Fergusonite
Unknown: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Geology): STRIKE AND DIP WERE GIVEN AS N85E WITH A DIP OF 30-40 DEGREES NE (SIC). WIDTH OF MINERALIZATION IS UP TO 12 M.

Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY IS PRIMARILY A RARE EARTH DEPOSIT WITH BYPRODUCT COLUMBIUM-TANTALUM.


References

Reference (Deposit): WEED,W.H. MINES HANDBOOK 1925 P 494

Reference (Deposit): ADAMS,J.W.& STAATZ,M.H., AZ,B.M.BULL.#180,P247

Reference (Deposit): IN ADMR'S COPY OF USBM IC 8298

Reference (Deposit): GARNET

Reference (Deposit): BERYL

Reference (Deposit): ADMR MOHAVE FILES

Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI,E.A.,ADMR INDUSTRIAL MINERALS RPT,#2,P41

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8298,P20

Reference (Deposit): HESS,F.L., USGS BULL 761,P15

Reference (Deposit): KEITH,S.B., AZ.B.M. BULL #180,P346

Reference (Deposit): CONFLICTING LOC.INFO.: SEC 21,T17N,R12W-CORRECTION MADE


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