The Planet Peak Area is a fluorine-fluorite and limestone, general mine located in La Paz 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: Fluorine-Fluorite, Limestone, General
Lat, Long: 34.24278, -113.96417
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Planet Peak Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Planet Peak Area
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Limestone, General
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): PAST PRODUCTION OF CARBONATE.
Comment (Deposit): NARROW FLUORSPAR VEINS IN A FAULT ZONE THAT SEPARATES PREC GRANITE AND SCHIST FROM PAL OR MES LIMESTONE. HYDROTHERMAL CARBONATE SPENCER.
Comment (Location): NW OF BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS. PHILLIPS GIVES LOCATION AS SEC 29, T10N, R17W.
References
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR: ARIZONA DMR.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL FILES.
Reference (Deposit): ABM BULLETIN 192, P. 173.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): PEIRCE, 1990.
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