| Deposit ID | 10040370 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055100 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mercury Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Adeline Mercury, Cinnabar King, Cinnabar Queen |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.60547, 34.47033 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1615 |
| Relative position | IN COPPER BASIN 10 MI. SW OF PRESCOTT AND 7 MI E OF SKULL VALLEY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Wilhoit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)
Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Prescott National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 013N | 003W | 30 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Kaolin | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Result | ASSAY OF NO. 1 & 2 SHOWED 0.04 & 0.06 % HG |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -112.60547, 34.47033 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1922 |
| Discoverer | Col. Chas. N. Baker |
| District name | Copper Basin District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 18.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055100 |
ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927 , BULLETIN 122 .
WILSON, E. D., 1937 , UNIV. ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 142 .
BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONNAL FILES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CINNABAR OCCURS IN PATCHES AND ISOLATED CRYSTALS IN NARROW SEAMS. |
| Deposit | GROUP CONSISTS OF 10 CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1982 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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