| 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: | -111.45904, 33.96701 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1402 |
| Relative position | .7 MILES NW OF RED ROCK. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Maricopa |
| United States | Arizona | Gila |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 007N | 009E | 008 | SW OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calomel | Ore |
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Mercury | Ore |
| Metacinnabar | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Schultze Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Schultze Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| (1) | Early Proterozoic metasedimentary rocks |
|---|
| 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 |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | Chris Martin |
| District name | Mazatzal Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arizona Quicksilver Corp. |
| Home office | Phoenix, Az. |
| Year | 1960 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | To 1960 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | HG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^8 Lb/Ton | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 228.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055112 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040130467 |
ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
DEWITT, ED, 1981. UNPUBLISHED RECONNAISSANCE MAPPING
USGS BULL 620, P. 111-128
USBM UNPUB DATA
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1973 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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