Robbins Group

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040377
MRDS ID M055108
Record type Site
Current site name Robbins Group
Alternate or previous names Irl Group, Cornucopia Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.49488, 33.9559 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.3 MILES NW OF MT ORD SUMMIT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reno Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Theodore Roosevelt Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tonto National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 009E 13 NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • OFF W FORK OF SYCAMORE CREEK IN MAZATZAL MOUNTAINS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS POROUS BECAUSE OF LEACHING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY SHOWS 3.46 PCT. HG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.49488, 33.9559

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Prec Sedimentary And Volcanic Sequence. Mine In Phyllites And Siltstones Near Ne Trending Rhyolite Porphyry Intrusion To South.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 274.32M
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHISTOSITY STRIKES N50E, DIPS 75SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mazatzal Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arizona Quicksilver Corp.
    Home office Phoenix, Az.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4X15X6 FT. OPEN CUT. TWO TUNNELS TOTALING 1120 FT. RAISE 300 FT. LONG. STOPE 4X5X26 FT. SEVERAL CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    DEWITT, ED, 1981. UNPUBLISHED RECONNAISSANCE MAPPING

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS CONTAINING QUARTZ, LIMONITE, CINNABAR CONSTITUTE MAIN ORE BODY. SMALL VEINLETS OF PURE CINNABAR IN VEINLETS UP TO 1 INCH WIDE OCCUR.
Deposit ROBBINS GROUP CONSISTS OF 9 CLAIMS ON ALDER (SYCAMORE ?) CREEK, MAZATZAL MTNS, MARICOPA COUNTY. AS OF 1927, ORE WAS REPORTED ONLY ON THE CORNUCOPIA CLAIM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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