White Picacho

White Picacho
Highest point
Elevation 4,285 ft (1,306 m)  NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 323 ft (98 m) [1]
Coordinates 33°58′20″N 112°30′37″W / 33.9722543°N 112.5101726°W / 33.9722543; -112.5101726Coordinates: 33°58′20″N 112°30′37″W / 33.9722543°N 112.5101726°W / 33.9722543; -112.5101726 [2]
Geography
Location Yavapai County, Arizona, U.S.
Parent range Hieroglyphic Mountains
Topo map USGS 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 an 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. 1 2 "White Picacho, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  2. 1 2 "White Picacho". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  3. ↑ White Picacho district on Mindat.org
  4. ↑ Phoenix North, 30x60 Minute Quadrangle, 1988, USGS
  5. ↑ White Picacho District, Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data, USGS


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