The Lawler Peak Area is a fluorine-fluorite and bismuth mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona.
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:
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Bismuth
Lat, Long: 34.615, -113.18167
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Lawler Peak Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lawler Peak Area
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Bismuth
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
Land Status
Not available
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bismutite
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): IN POORLY SORTED SANDS
Comment (Location): SEVERAL DEPOSITS MOSTLY ON NE FLANK OF GBANGBAMA HILLS
Comment (Development): OPERATED BY PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS 1963-1971, RE-OPENED BY NORD RESOURCES IN 1979
Comment (Geology): SOURCE ROCK IS KASILA GNEISS
Comment (Deposit): FLUORITE ASSOCIATED WITH BISMUTHITE.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, ARIZONA DMR.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
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