White Picacho Explained

White Picacho
Map:Arizona#USA
Map Width:200
Elevation Ft:4285
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:323
Location:Yavapai County, Arizona, U.S.
Range:Hieroglyphic Mountains
Coordinates:33.9723°N -112.5102°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]
Topo:USGS Red Picacho

White Picacho is a summit with an elevation of in the Hieroglyphic Mountains in Yavapai County, Arizona.[2]

The White Picacho pegmatite district is a historic mining district located in southern Yavapai and northern Maricopa counties. The mines of the district are located to the southwest of White Picacho and adjacent Red Picacho peaks some seven miles east of Wickenburg.[3] [4] The district is noted for production of niobium, feldspar, tantalum, tungsten, beryllium, mica, bismuth, lithium, lead, gold, zinc, vanadium, molybdenum and rare-earth elements.[5]

Notes and References

  1. 19653 . White Picacho, Arizona . 2016-08-21.
  2. 13645 . White Picacho . 2016-08-21.
  3. http://www.mindat.org/loc-31279.html White Picacho district on Mindat.org
  4. Phoenix North, 30×60 Minute Quadrangle, 1988, USGS.
  5. http://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=60000001 White Picacho District, Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data, USGS