Dixie Queen

The Dixie Queen is a feldspar and mica mine located in Yavapai 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

Name: Dixie Queen  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yavapai

Elevation:

Commodity: Feldspar, Mica

Lat, Long: 34.335, -112.76944

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Dixie Queen MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Dixie Queen
Secondary: Monte Cristo


Commodity

Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Mica
Secondary: Beryllium
Secondary: Quartz


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

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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: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Muscovite
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Quartz
Ore: Feldspar
Gangue: Sericite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): BERYL CRYSTALS UP TO 15 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

Comment (Production): PAST PRODUCTION OF FELDSPAR, SCRAP MICA, AND BERYL.

Comment (Deposit): ZONED PEGMATITE. EXPOSURE 300 FT LONG, 100 FT WIDE, AND 30 FT DEEP.

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, SHALLOW SHAFTS WITH SOME DRIFTING


References

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): USGS, AZ BUREAU OF MINES, AND U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1969, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, 638 P.

Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H.C., HARRER, C.M., SALSBURY, M.H., KONSELMAN, A.S., AND SHANNON, S.S., JR., 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES, ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH, AND WYOMING: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8298, 34 P.

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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