The Buena Vista is a tungsten and feldspar mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,501 feet.
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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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Feldspar
Lat, Long: 33.97806, -112.53278
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Buena Vista MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buena Vista
Secondary: Starlight Prospect
Secondary: Monster
Secondary: Pachen
Secondary: Patchin
Secondary: Pechan
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: White Picacho District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Schistosity N 60 - 75 E, 35 - 45 Nw, Dikes Conform And Cut Foliation.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ESTIMATED AT LESS THAN 0.3 % WO3.
Materials
Ore: Feldspar
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Powellite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Diopside
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS GENERAL FOR PLACER AREA
Comment (Deposit): PLACERS OCCUR IN SMALL BASINS OR CHANNELS FOR ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE ON EACH SIDE OF MODEL CREEK, ON THE PEDIMENT AREA BETWEEN THE WEAVER MTNS. AND PEEPLES VALLEY.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC38431 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE (FOR DETAILED LOCATION SEE USBM IC 8078.
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS WITHIN ALTERED BANDS OF HORNBLENDE SCHIST, AS MUCH AS 15 FEET WIDE. THERE ARE AT LEAST 6 MINERALIZED BANDS, EACH ABOUT 3 FEET WIDE, IN A ZONE ABOUT 300 FEET WIDE. FELDSPAR OCCURS IN PEGMATITE.
References
Reference (Production): WILSON, 1941.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, 1941, ABM BULL 148, P. 24.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078 , P. 39.
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