Rattlesnake Group

Producer in Gila 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040381
MRDS ID M055118
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Group
Alternate or previous names Lola Lee
Related records 10282570

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.42738, 33.94563 (WGS84)
Elevation 1134
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF SLATE CREEK, IN MAZATZAL MTNS.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 008E;009E 10 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW 1.42 PCT HG. AND 0.44 PCT HG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Redrock Porphyry
    Rock description Redrock Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.42738, 33.94563

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Sequence Or Prec Metavolcanic And Metasedimentary Rocks.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Contact Between Pumice And Tuffs To North And Purple Shales And Siltstones To South. Red Rock Rhyolite Dikes, Also Ne Trending.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 E
    Dip 60 N.
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer A.M. Packard, Robt. S. Packard, Gus Packard

Mining district

District name Mazatzal Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oneida Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Packard, A. M. , Robert S., And Gus

Production statistics

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

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS HAVE BEEN MADE. PROPERTY INACTIVE, 1960. 35 TON GOULD ROTARY FURNACE.

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.

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SILICEOUS ZONE 3 FT WIDE IS THE MINERALIZED ZONE, WHICH CONTAINS NARROW VEINLETS OF CINNABAR.
Deposit RATTLESNAKE GROUP CONSISTS OF 8 CLAIMS. ; 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
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) 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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