Rare Metals Mine

The Rare Metals Mine is a beryllium, ree, and uranium 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

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Site Name

Primary: Rare Metals Mine
Secondary: Waldren Mining Co.

Commodity

Primary: Beryllium
Primary: REE
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Tantalum
Secondary: Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Garnet

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

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: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: YTTROTANTALITE PEGMATITE COMPOSITION: YE2O3 38.86%, CE2O3 11.50%, BEO 11.50%, FEO 11.56%, SIO2 24.21%.

Materials

Ore: Gadolinite
Ore: Fergusonite
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Euxenite
Ore: Yttrotantalite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Albite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Mica

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GRANITE ENCLOSES PEGMATITE DIKES WHICH CONTAIN ORE.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D001768 OF PARKER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATE. PHILLIPS GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 21, T16N, R12W; USBM AND JOHNSON AND CREASY GAVE SEC. 21, T17N, R12W. USED PIERCE'S LOCATION. LAT-LONG GIVEN ABOVE IS FOR PROSPECT MARK IN SEC. 21, T16.5N, R12W.

Comment (Production): 7-8 TONS YTTROTANTALLITE ORE, SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONAZITE AND GADOLINITE YIELDED, ALSO.

References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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

Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

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

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

Reference (Production): ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULL 167

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