Lawler Peak Area

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

Name: Lawler Peak Area  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation:

Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Bismuth

Lat, Long: 34.615, -113.18167

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Satelite image of the Lawler Peak Area

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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