| Deposit ID | 10040379 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M055113 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Northern Light Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Bowman and Reynolds, Gila County Group, Gold Creek Group, Bernice No. 1, Big Tunnel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.42682, 33.98646 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1646 |
| Relative position | 0.5 MILE SOUTH OF PINE MOUNTAIN IN MAZATZAL MTNS. ON GOLD CREEK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Gila(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)
Tonto(hydrologic unit)
Salt(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 | Gila |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 007N | 009E | 03 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ASSAY SHOWS 1.4 PCT HG ON BERNICE NO. 1. CLAIM. ON MERCURY SULFIDE NO. 5 ASSAY SHOWS 3.3 PCT. HG. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Red Rock Porphyry | ||||||
| Rock description | Red Rock Porphyry | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| (1) | -111.42682, 33.98646 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne Trending Metavolcanic Metasedimentary Sequence, Ne Intrusions Of Porphyritic Rhyolite. |
| General form | STRINGERS |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70 E |
| Length | 4572M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Discoverer | Reynolds And E.H. Bowman |
| District name | Mazatzal Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Tonto National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Robert Mcghee |
| Year | 1960 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | To 1960 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | HG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^8 Lb/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055113 |
ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.
BECKMAN, R.T. AND KERNS, W.H., 1965, MERCURY IN ARIZONA: USBM IC 8252.
USBM UNPUB DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ STRINGERS IN SCHIST. SCHIST AVERAGES ABOUT 60 FT. WIDE AND CONTAINS CINNABAR STRINGERS. CINNABAR OCCURRENCE IS SPOTTY. STRINGERS UP TO 6 IN WIDE. |
| Deposit | NORTHERN LIGHT 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-JUL-1979 | Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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