| 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: | -111.42738, 33.94563 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1134 |
| Relative position | NEAR HEAD OF SLATE CREEK, IN MAZATZAL MTNS. |
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 | 008E;009E | 10 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Result | ASSAYS SHOW 1.42 PCT HG. AND 0.44 PCT HG. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Redrock Porphyry | ||||||
| Rock description | Redrock Porphyry | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -111.42738, 33.94563 |
|---|
| 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. |
| Strike | N 65 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 60 N. |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Discoverer | A.M. Packard, Robt. S. Packard, Gus Packard |
| District name | Mazatzal Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Tonto National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Oneida Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Packard, A. M. , Robert S., And Gus |
| Year | 1960 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | To 1960 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | HG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^8 Lb/Ton | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M055118 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040070569 |
ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.
BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.
DEWITT, ED, 1981. UNPUBLISHED RECONNAISSANCE MAPPING.
USBM UNPUB DATA
| 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 |
| 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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