Deposit ID | 10027532 |
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MRDS ID | M003258 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Midnight Owl Mine |
Alternate or previous names | Lithia King |
Related records | 10258983 |
Geographic coordinates: | -112.51407, 33.99839 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 1128 |
Relative position | 13 MILES E OF WICKENBURG. |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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Gila and Salt River | 008N | 002W | 31 | NW OF NW | Arizona |
Commodity | Importance |
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Feldspar | Primary |
Beryllium | Secondary |
Lithium | Secondary |
Niobium (Columbium) | Secondary |
Tantalum | Secondary |
Phosphorus-Phosphates | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Amblygonite | Ore |
Beryl | Ore |
Lepidolite | Ore |
Lithiophilite | Ore |
Spodumene | Ore |
Tourmaline | Ore |
Albite | Gangue |
Apatite | Gangue |
Bismutite | Gangue |
Cleavelandite | Gangue |
Muscovite | Gangue |
Purpurite | Gangue |
Quartz | Gangue |
Spessartite | Gangue |
Stewartite | Gangue |
Host or associated | Associated | ||||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
(1) | -112.51407, 33.99839 |
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Type of structure | Local |
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Structure description | Foliation Trends N 20 E, Dips Steep Yet Variable, Mostly Nw. |
General form | IRREGULAR, TABULAR |
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Depth to top | 0M |
Width | 30.48M |
Length | 106.68M |
Development status | Producer |
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Commodity type | Both metallic and non-metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
District name | White Picacho District |
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Ownership category | Federal |
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Type | Operator |
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Owner | Fansteel Corp. Chicago, Illinois |
First year | 1986 |
Type | Owner |
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Owner | Earl And Sidney Anderson |
First year | 1958 |
Year | 1952 | ||||||||||||||
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Period | 1947 - 1952 | ||||||||||||||
Material | ORE-LI | ||||||||||||||
Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
Description | Cp_Grade: ^7.4% Li2o, Amblygonite | ||||||||||||||
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Year | 1952 | ||||||||||||||
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Period | 1947 - 1952 | ||||||||||||||
Material | ORE-BE | ||||||||||||||
Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
Description | Cp_Grade: ^11.5% Beo | ||||||||||||||
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Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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Estimate year | 1952 | ||||||||||||||
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M003258 | |
U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040251405 |
JAHNS, R.H., 1952, PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 162.
ARIZ BUREAU OF MINES BULL 180, P. 98
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
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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ABM BULLETIN 162 .
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | BE, LI, NB, TA OCCURS IN THE INTERMEDIATE ZONES AT THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE DEPOSIT. FELDSPARS OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DEPOSIT AND OVER ALL GRADES.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. STRIKE OF MAIN BODY IS E, WITH BRANCHES TO THE NE, E, AND SE. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-AUG-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Updater | 01-JAN-1982 | Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
Updater | 01-FEB-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |