Lone Giant Prospect

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lithium, Mica, Beryllium, Niobium (Columbium)

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060337
MRDS ID TC10708
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Giant Prospect
Related records 10256444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50352, 34.00284 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008N 002W 30 SE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN INDEPENDENCE GULCH, ABOUT 2800 FT E OF MIDNIGHT OWL MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Primary
Mica Tertiary
Beryllium Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amblygonite Ore
Spodumene Ore
Albite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.50352, 34.00284

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.62M

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both metallic and non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Picacho District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS TC10708

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H., 1952, PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE PICACHO DISTRICT, MARICOPA AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 162, 105 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WELL ZONED PEGMATITE. MUSCOVITE OCCURS IN THE CORE ZONE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC35393 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey