The Lucky Mica, Fortner, and Boyd Lithium is a feldspar, mica, and lithium mine located in Maricopa 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: Feldspar, Mica, Lithium
Lat, Long: 33.85583, -112.79778
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Lucky Mica, Fortner, and Boyd Lithium MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lucky Mica, Fortner, and Boyd Lithium
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Mica
Primary: Lithium
Secondary: Beryllium
Secondary: Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Tantalum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
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
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Albite
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Location): LAT-LONG IS FOR PROSPECT SYMBOLS IN SE/4 OF SEC. 17.
Comment (Deposit): COMPLEX PEGMATITE
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES REPORT 4, 185 P
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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