The Picacho View Mine is a feldspar mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,081 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,081 Feet (939 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar
Lat, Long: 33.96833, -112.56083
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Picacho View Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Picacho View Mine
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Secondary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lithium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Tantalum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: White Picacho District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Rupert Spivey
Years: 1988 -
Owner Name: Whitehall Co.
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1985
Discovery Year: 1939
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: RECTANGULAR, IRREGULAR PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Foliation Of Schist Trends E-Ne, Dips 30 Nw And Se
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Albite
Ore: Microcline
Ore: Lepidolite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Allanite
Ore: Molybdite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Garnet
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MANY STRINGERS, DIKES, AND IRREGULAR PODS OF PEGMATITE ARE SCATTERED THROUGH THE SCHIST. PEGMATITE-WALLROCK CONTACTS ARE VERY SHARP AND LOCALLY SHOW EVIDENCE OF SHEARING. SMALL SCALE "FEATHERING" AND LARGER IRREGULARITIES OF PEGMATITE INTO SCHIST ARE COMMON. THE MAIN PEGMATITE COMPRISES FIVE WELL DEFINED ZONES. (1) A DISCONTINUOUS OUTER SELVAGE OF QUARTZ, ALBITE, MUSCOVITE, AND SCHORL, ALSO MICA. (2) THE WALL ZONE ( 2 TO 55 FEET THICK ) OF PERTHITE, QUARTZ, ALBITE, AND MUSCOVITE IS MOSTLY COARSE GRAINED. (3) THE OUTER INTERMEDIATE ZONE IS COARSE GRAINED BLOCKY PERTHITE. TOURMALINE IS LOCALLY ABUNDANT. (4) THE INNER INTERMEDIATE ZONE HAS VERY COARSE PERTHITE AND MASSES OF QUARTZ. (5) THE CORE IS ARBITRARILY DESIGNATED AS HIGHER GRADE FELDSPAR THAN THE PREVIOUS ZONE.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT IS 18 TO 27 FEET DEEP. ALSO SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER CUTS. GOPHERING.
Comment (Geology): SCHIST IS QUARTZ MICA SCHIST AND QUARTZ-MICA-AMPHIBOLE SCHIST
Comment (Location): LOCATION MEASURED TO CENTER OF CLAIM; BASED ON CLAIM MAP BY ANDERSON GROTHER AND ON POSITION GIVEN BY JAHNS, NOT ON QUAD MAP LOCATION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Production): SMALL TEST PRODUCTION. 3-5 ST OF BERYL HAVE BEEN PRODUCED.
References
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R. H., 1952 , PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 162 .
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 MINERALS CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): ABM BULLETIN 162 , P. 93
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