Outpost Extension Prospect

The Outpost Extension Prospect is a feldspar mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,320 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

Name: Outpost Extension Prospect  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation: 3,320 Feet (1,012 Meters)

Commodity: Feldspar

Lat, Long: 33.98472, -112.55694

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Outpost Extension Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Outpost Extension Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Bismuth
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Quartz
Tertiary: Mica


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: White Picacho District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: ARCH-LIKE


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Albite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Bismutite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Muscovite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Deposit): THE MAIN PEGMATITE COMPRISES FIVE WELL DEFINED ZONES. (1) A DISCONTINUOUS OUTER SELVAGE OF QUARTZ, ALBITE, MUSCOVITE, AND SCHORL, ALSO MICA. (2) THE WALL ZONE ( 2 TO 55 FEET THICK ) OF PERTHITE, QUARTZ, ALBITE, AND MUSCOVITE IS MOSTLY COARSE GRAINED. (3) THE OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE IS COARSE GRAINED BLOCKY PERTHITE. TOURMALINE IS LOCALLY ABUNDANT. (4) THE INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE HAS VERY COARSE PERTHITE AND MASSES OF QUARTZ. (5) THE CORE IS ARBITRARILY DESIGNATED AS HIGHER GRADE FELDSPAR THAN THE PREVIOUS ZONE.

Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY ARE SIMILAR TO THE OUTPOST DEPOSIT.


References

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R. H., 1952 , PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINE BULLETIN 162 .

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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