White Picacho

Landform in Yavapai County, Arizona
White Picacho is located in Arizona
White Picacho
White Picacho
Yavapai County, Arizona, U.S.
Highest pointElevation4,285 ft (1,306 m) NAVD 88[1]Prominence323 ft (98 m)[1]Coordinates33°58′20″N 112°30′37″W / 33.9722543°N 112.5101726°W / 33.9722543; -112.5101726[2]GeographyLocationYavapai County, Arizona, U.S.Parent rangeHieroglyphic MountainsTopo mapUSGS Red Picacho

White Picacho is a summit with an elevation of 4,285 feet (1,306 m) 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]

References

  1. ^ a b "White Picacho, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  2. ^ a b "White Picacho". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  3. ^ White Picacho district on Mindat.org.
  4. ^ Phoenix North, 30×60 Minute Quadrangle, 1988, USGS.
  5. ^ White Picacho District, Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data, USGS.
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