The White Picacho District is a tungsten, tantalum, feldspar, and niobium (columbium) 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: Tungsten, Tantalum, Feldspar, Niobium (Columbium)
Lat, Long: 33.9833, -112.53330
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White Picacho District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Picacho District
Secondary: Picacho View
Secondary: Anderson
Secondary: Climax
Secondary: Friction
Secondary: Scheelite Reef
Secondary: Buena Vista Properties
Secondary: Starlight
Secondary: Lower Jumbo
Secondary: Hertz
Secondary: Independence
Secondary: Midnight Owl
Secondary: Lucky Strike
Secondary: Morning Star
Secondary: North Morning Star
Secondary: Outpost
Secondary: Sunrise
Secondary: Sunset
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Tantalum
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Niobium (Columbium)
Secondary: Lithium
Secondary: Bismuth
Secondary: Mica
Secondary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: DISSEMINATED, PEGMATITE, SKARN
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): JAHNS, R.H., 1952, PEGMATITES OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 162.
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.
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