Picacho View Mine

The Picacho View Mine is a feldspar mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,081 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

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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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