Long Dike Mine

The Long Dike Mine is a mica 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: Long Dike Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation:

Commodity: Mica

Lat, Long: 34.00001, -112.50667

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Long Dike Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Long Dike Mine


Commodity

Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Tantalum


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai


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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Apatite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): MEDIUM GRAINED BOOK MUSCOVITE IN INNER PART OF PEGMATITE DIKE. THE MICA CONSISTS OF CRINKLED, RULED, SHEARED, AND TORN BOOKS OF GREENISH TO YELLOWISH GREEN COLOR. MOST BOOKS ARE TIGHTLY INTERGROWN. 30-80% MICA CONTENT IN DIKE, AVERAGES NEAR 40%.

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PAST PRODUCTION OF SCRAP MICA BY EARL F. ANDERSON.

Comment (Deposit): THE DIKE IS TRACEABLE AT LEAST 1800 FT ALONG THE STRIKE. THERE ARE SEVERAL PODS OF MASSIVE QUARTZ.

Comment (Location): NEAR BOTTOM OF CANYON.

Comment (Workings): THE CUT, WHICH IS NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE CANYON, HAS A 20 FT FACE.


References

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

Reference (Deposit): USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

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

Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1952, PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 162, 105 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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