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Biotite from
Midnight Owl Mine, Independence Gulch, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Comments:Locally abundant in both wall and border rocks.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Midnight Owl Mine, Independence Gulch, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:243577
Long-form Identifier:1:3:243577:0
GUID (UUID V4):a0f80bfe-0e30-4896-a63f-d8405b6ab5e6
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
4.6km (2.9 miles) ⓘOutpost Mine, San Domingo Wash, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘPicacho View Mine, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘPurple Passion Mine, Morgan Butte, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘDragon Mine, Wickenburg, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
26.8km (16.6 miles) ⓘSpringfield Mine (Springfield group; Springfield shaft; Venus claim; Gorilla claim), Crown King, Pine Grove Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘRainbow Mine (Rainbow deposit; Rainbow lode; Rainbow prospect; Rainbow group), Turkey Creek Station, Black Canyon Mining District, Wickenburg Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
43.8km (27.2 miles) ⓘPine Flat Mine, Pine Flat, Turkey Creek Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
45.4km (28.2 miles) ⓘBlue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Mine and Quarry; Patented claims 1528; Blue Coat vein; Blue Buck claim), Mayer, Big Bug Mining District, Bradshaw Mountains (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
55.1km (34.3 miles) ⓘCopper Hill Mine (Copper Hill group; Patented claims MS 4452), Copper Basin Mining District, Sierra Prieta Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
66.6km (41.4 miles) ⓘPiestewa Peak area (Squaw Peak area), Phoenix Mountains, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lithium is transferred from micas (muscovite and biotite) to molten granitic liquid and is enriched by the...rich in coarse “sheet” muscovite. Muscovite and biotite occur individually or together in compositionally...Li-rich pegmatites, muscovite predominates over biotite, and the micas evolve toward Fe-poor, Mnenriched...their lithium content. In the NYF family, Fe-rich biotite is the only important mica in primitive types,...color, which cannot be distinguished from ordinary biotite solid solutions on sight. Volume 92, March/April
Report (issue)
Residents of Arizona MINERALS OF ARIZONA by Frederic W. Galbraith and Daniel J. Brennan THE ARIZONA BUREAU...UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA TUCSON FOREWORD As a service about mineral matters in Arizona, the Arizona Bureau of...University of Arizona, is pleased to reprint the long-standing booklet on MINERALS OF ARIZONA. This basic...Dr. Frederic W. Galbraith, as a bulletin of the Arizona Bureau of Mines. It has moved through several editions...released in its Fourth Edition as Bulletin 181, Arizona Bureau of Mines. The comprehensive coverage of
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA,FOURTHEDITION V e a o_ of li rizo TI RAYMOND W. GRANT RONALD B. GIBBS...CALLAHAN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON f -- The University of Arizona Press www.uapress.arizona...arizona.edu Š 2022 by The Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserYed. Published 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-4358-8...McDonald Co\¡er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones...Grant, Raymond \X'.,author. Title: Mineralogy of Arizona/ Raymond W. Grant [and 4 others] ; maps and illustrations
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
Book (edition)
OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Book (edition)
/BRA PY Muineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen mine, Bisbee. These old workings...Peter Kresam and Richard Graeme . Mineralogy of Arizona John W. Anthony, Sidney A. Williams, and Richard...Richard A. Bideaux AN THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors... JoHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he rose
Book (edition)
0.C D.?~•.!~'J..~5 ~!~.~J.RY Mineralogy of Arizona Stope in oxide ore, Copper Queen tnine, Bisbee...Richard A. Bideaux THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS TUCSON, ARIZONA About the Authors . .. JOHN W. ANTHONY...M.S. degrees in geology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Following...mineralogist with the Arizona Bureau of Mines, he joined the faculty of the Uni~ersity of Arizona, where he rose...Gem and Mineral Society, and the University of Arizona. SIDNEY A. WILLIAMS has authored or co-authored
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
cm, Garnet Ledge dike, Little Three mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California. Varieties of elbaite:...elbaite: (c) rubellite, 10 cm, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, California, found by Ralph Potter in 1958, William...terminated, 6 cm, 1991 London Pocket, Little Three mine, Ramona, California; (e) indicolite, 5.6 cm, Aracuai...rubellite, 4 cm, Tourmaline Queen mine (1972), Pala district, San Diego County, California, Jesse Fisher and...begins with relatively coarse-grained quartz (clear, white), followed upward by fine-grained tourmaline (dark)
Book (edition)
found in Arizona. In the twelve years since then 61 more minerals have been reported from Arizona, a number...change. This checklist is an effort to bring the Arizona mineral list up to date. Of the 61 minerals added...locality being in Arizona. They are: bechererite from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite...from the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from...the Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near Gray Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite
Report (issue)
and Ore Deposits of Jerome Yavapai County, Arizona Paul Lindberg Arizona Geological Society Fall Field...Participant, Welcome to the Arizona Geological Society Fall 2005 field trip to Jerome, Arizona. We sincerely appreciate...is a primary concern for Phelps Dodge and the Arizona Geological Society. Wear your personal protective...Field Trips, Arizona Geological Society) The Volcanogenic Ore Deposits at Jerome, Arizona, A Brief Review...A. Lindberg, Consulting Geologist, Sedona, Arizona Arizona Geological Society Field Trip I November
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sodaclase feldspars, quartz, spodumene, and the micas biotite, muscovite, and phlogopite, and to lesser extents...from a mass of pegmatite in northwestern Riverside county, california. He clearly recollects his chagrin...suggestionsrelating to results of his operations at the Harding mine in northern New Mexico. The writer also has profited...of giant, lath-shaped spodumene crystals, Harding mine, New Mexico. The largest crystals are about 12 feet...North Carolina, in the Harding pegmatite of Taos County, New Mexico (Fig. 1; 8, Fig.8), in a small area
Book (volume)
...........................................13 Arizona ................................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ...................................................................................4 Alaska County and Stream Map ...................................................................14 Arizona – Apache Co. Mining Districts ...............................................................22 Arizona County Map ............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
xenotime-(Y), monazite-(Ce), P-bearing K-feldspar, biotite, sillimanite, quartz, and pyrite; it is commonly...formed at 800–860 °C, 6–7 kbar by reaction of biotite with an anatectic melt locally enriched in P by...found enclosed in ßuorapatite segregations in biotite-quartz-plagioclase paragneiss, a distinctive lithologic...cations present at Mg1-9 and Fe10 3+ Midnight Owl Mine, Arizona Granite Fillowite CaNa8(Ca3Na5)Mn42Fe...ßuorapatite segregations up to 5 cm across, subordinate biotite and plagioclase. Orthopyroxene is found in one
Report (issue)
Preliminary report of molybdenum occurrences in Arizona by Jan C. Wilt 1/, Stanley B. Keith 2/, Jocelyn...to the Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology a division of The University of Arizona This...'1030571 04 M030562 04 M030563 04 '1030584 04 CouNTY DEPosir 'ostHP +litire LAtiroOE ♦ Looroae 28N... wA A 7 PROSPECT 15N 02E 27 MU AMOLE DISTRICT BANNER DISTRICT BLUE HELL GROUP 19N 215W 101 35-03-A wA...CUA AG BORIANA MINE 18N 115W 118 34-56-154 113-54-53W CATALINA DISTRICT CATALINA DISTRICT CHILDS-ALOWINKLE
Report (issue)
collector minerals of the Prescott National Forest, Arizona By James D. Bliss1 Open-File Report 99-305 1999...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ! U.S. Geological Survey, Tucson, Arizona CONTENTS Non-technical Summary______________...22 Comparable sources of iron oxide in northern Arizona __________________________ 24 Permissible geology...______ 53 Rare new minerals of the United Verde Mine fire ___________________________ 53 Calcite ___...Socorro, New Mexico in 1994 to those in Tucson, Arizona in 1998 30 Histogram of 31 cat litter prices for
Book (volume)
...........................................11 Arizona .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Book (volume)
...........................................11 Arizona .................................................rights, so remember you were told. If in doubt, a county map will tell you who the legal owner is. Good...gemmy qualities for cutting and polishing. AUTAUGA COUNTY PRATTVILLE, N. 6 mi., and just E of the Birmingham...were well known to prehistoric Indians.) BARBOUR COUNTY BAKER HILL, SE 1 mi. : 1 in a deep ravine, as a...deep red to variegated⎯ocher. BIBB COUNTY GENERAL AREA: c county gravel pits along the Cahaba R.⎯gemmy
Catalog/List
Southwest Scientific Company P. 0. Box 796 - Sedona, Arizona 86336 Telephone (602) 282-7541 SOUTHWEST SCIENTIFIC...limonile ........... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen...AJOITE Copper aluminum silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings...Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...Lustrous white twin xl groups, minor muscovite MM Lot 10-1'' lxl" lx2" I. 25 .50 I. 00 2.50 5
Catalog/List
Geology ..... . Petroleum Geology ..... . Mining and Mining Engineering . Prospecting and Fluorescence...VANADINITE specimen from the Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona GLOBES AND ATLASES ...... . 79...TT 440 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD , INC. SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA , U.S.A. COPYRIGHT 1961 by Scott Williams Mineral........ . . Mexico Durango, Mapimi, mina Ojuela. White-to-pale yellow sheave-like crystal groups on limonite...fluo­ rescence under ultra violet light. The Ojuela mine is one of Mexico's largest producers of beautiful
Catalog/List
...................... . . . . . . 77 78 Mining and Mining Engineering ............. 78 Paleontology...PHOTOGRAPH: _ VANADINITE Apache mine, near Globe, Gila County, Arizona. Sharp hexagonal barrel-shaped..., I NC. 440 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD • SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, U.S.A. COPYRIGHT 1961, 1962 Scott Williams Mineral...1.50 . 25 Mexico Durango, Mapimi, mina Ojuela. White-to-pale yellow sheave-like crystal FI. 1. 00 groups...... . Fl. Utah Toelle Co., Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine. .50 2.50 Transparent xls on limonite with austinite
Book
professor of mineralogy at his alma mater, the mining academy at Freiberg. In 1815, he published Über...huge petrified logs in the Petrified Forest in Arizona. The silicification of wood has traditionally been...(upper row); note the location of nonindexed points (white) along grain, phase, and subgrain boundaries as...phase. The high porosity is also shown by the milky-white color of the crystals, a difference is the loss...Furthermore, such areas can also regions (light). White spots denote the presence of exhibit changes in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1964; Karibib district, Zambia: ROERINGand GEVERS,1964; White Pica&o district, Arizona: LONDON, 1979;...contacts in the Homestead and Midnight Owl pegmatites, White Pie&ho distria, Arizona (tiNDON, 1979). Tourmaline...Su&%ceexpol;ure of the upper Himalaya dike system (San Diego mine), Meea Chnde distri& Califbrnia. Tourmahne (Tur)...solutions (see L0H and WISE, 1976) and of exomorphic biotite (see MUNOZ and LUDINGTON, 1974). The majority of...amblygonite-montebrasite: LOH and WISE, 1976). In metasomatic biotite at the pegmatite-wallrock contact, log(fHF/fH20)
Report (issue)
The Arizona Gee-logical Society and the Univers!ty of Arizona 1981 Syrnposium on ''RELATIONS OF TECTONICS...P.O. BOX 40952, UNIVERSITY S T A T ION TUCSON. ARIZONA 85719 Registrants f o r AGS Field Trip #7, South...Mountains As f i e l d t r i p chairman f o r the Arizona Geological s o c i e t y , I \\rould l i k e t...c s e t t i n g s s c a t t e r e d throughout Arizona and adjoining southwestern New 14exico. The central...t t l e Harquahala Mountains i n west-central Arizona. I t will provideyou with a look a t timing and
Catalog/List
(602) 962-64:8/l 1727 W. DRAKE CIRCLE, MESA, ARIZONA 85202 (U.S.A) ALL speci■ens are sent Gatisfaction... LOCATIONS: If no state is listed, it is fron Arizona. As a general rule, locations will be given much...R list; Usually; the ■ine name mountain range, county and state will be furnished with speci■ens, PRlCES:...sure we are hone (ue're usually up till about midnight). QUANTITY PURCHASES: Many species listed are...fluorescent green, ........ fl Sw/LW AFILLIIE Glassy tg white fiberous xln on matrix sR[ii jisijdy _xl_spesipy
Catalog/List
(602) 962-8486 1727 W. DRAKE CIRCLE, tv1ESA, ARIZONA 85202 (U.S.A) $7us'4u5 79'su 2'$B -- -·--------...sizes j6sp/'s_$f If no state ls listed, it is fros Arizona. As a general rule, location• will ;L given *·DfV...IUf)Plitd. Usually; }V• ■lne naael ■ountain ran9e, county and state will be K·yqXzVHF wlth Xw■Cl~111. • PRILS:...te/Wulfeni le .so 1.75 BAIHJ[ Micro to ?Oin111 white xi clusters - attractive BAIHT[ 2.-1 c Sherry colored...clusters - nice! ••• see M Vol lt,plOO 1.00 Magu Mine 4.50 ·BARITE Brown tabular sei--transparent x] clusters
 
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