The Rare Metals Mine is a ree mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 feet.
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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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: REE
Lat, Long: 34.8411, -113.55470
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Rare Metals Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rare Metals Mine
Secondary: Waldren Mining Co
Commodity
Primary: REE
Secondary: Tantalum
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Feldspar
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Tertiary: Mica
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Location
State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Aquarius Mountains District
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: L. L. Edgerton
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1960
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: 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
Unknown: Euxenite
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Bismutite
Unknown: Beryl
Unknown: Albite
Unknown: Yttrotantalite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Microcline
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Gadolinite
Unknown: Fergusonite
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Geology): STRIKE AND DIP WERE GIVEN AS N85E WITH A DIP OF 30-40 DEGREES NE (SIC). WIDTH OF MINERALIZATION IS UP TO 12 M.
Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY IS PRIMARILY A RARE EARTH DEPOSIT WITH BYPRODUCT COLUMBIUM-TANTALUM.
References
Reference (Deposit): WEED,W.H. MINES HANDBOOK 1925 P 494
Reference (Deposit): ADAMS,J.W.& STAATZ,M.H., AZ,B.M.BULL.#180,P247
Reference (Deposit): IN ADMR'S COPY OF USBM IC 8298
Reference (Deposit): GARNET
Reference (Deposit): BERYL
Reference (Deposit): ADMR MOHAVE FILES
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI,E.A.,ADMR INDUSTRIAL MINERALS RPT,#2,P41
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8298,P20
Reference (Deposit): HESS,F.L., USGS BULL 761,P15
Reference (Deposit): KEITH,S.B., AZ.B.M. BULL #180,P346
Reference (Deposit): CONFLICTING LOC.INFO.: SEC 21,T17N,R12W-CORRECTION MADE
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