The White Rock and White Eagle Group is a barium-barite mine located in La Paz county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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White Rock and White Eagle Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Rock and White Eagle Group
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Plomosa Mining District
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE IS COMPOSED OF 4 CLAIMS.
Comment (Commodity): BARITE OCCURS IN LARGE PLATES.
Comment (Location): PHILLIPS REPORTS LOCATION AS SECTION 18.
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION SHAFTS AND CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): BARITE-FLUORITE VEIN, WITH IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES.
References
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 MINERAL CARD FILES.
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5651, PP. 67-68.
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