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
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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