Arizona · Maricopa County
Past Producer

Buckeye Hills Mica

Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
Mica
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Description

Dr. Burt Ogburn

Commodities
PrimaryMica
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsMuscovite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss
Associated rockPegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10105116
MRDS IDTC10712
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.31258, -112.58241
References
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.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.STERRET, D.B., 1923, MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 740, 342 P.WILSON, E.D., AND ROSEVEARE, G.H., 1949, ARIZONA NONMETALLICS, A SUMMARY OF PAST PRODUCTION AND PRESENT OPERATIONS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 155, 60 P.PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.CIMRI