L and N 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. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040378
MRDS ID M055112
Record type Site
Current site name L and N Group
Alternate or previous names Ward, Oneida Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.45904, 33.96701 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position .7 MILES NW OF RED ROCK.

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
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 009E 008 SW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calomel Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore
Metacinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Schultze Granite
    Rock description Schultze Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Prec Sedimentary And Volcanic Sequence.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Rhyolite Porphyry, Probably Prec, And Prec Purple Phyllites And Shales

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QTZ VEINS IN QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mazatzal Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period To 1960
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 3614g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1100 FT TUNNEL WITH 500 FT OF CROSSCUTS. ONE 40 FT. TUNNEL, ONE 26 FT. TUNNEL.

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

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 620, P. 111-128

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit L AND N GROUP CONSISTS OF 17 CLAIMS MOST ORE OCCURS ON THE NO. 1 CLAIM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit VEINS OF QUARTZ CARRYING LIMONITE AND CINNABAR CUT QUARTZITE COUNTRY ROCK. SOME SMALL STRINGERS OF PURE CINNABAR OCCUR. OVERLAPPING VEINS CAN BE TRACED FOR 7500 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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