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Martin Group

Occurrence in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodity Mercury
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095481
MRDS ID M055133
Record type Site
Current site name Martin Group
Alternate or previous names Raymer and Hayden, Hayden and Allison

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.49738, 33.9559 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 6 MILES SW OF PINE BUTTE.

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 008E 14 NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.49738, 33.9559
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Prec Sedimentary And Volcanic Sequence.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Foliation And Schistosity. Both Clastic Tuff Breccias And Schists To Siltstones In Mine Area.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Parallel To Schistosity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mazatzal Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chris Martin Et Al.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUTS AND TWO TUNNELS, 30 AND 35 FT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NOT COMMERCIAL GRADE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. BULL 620, P. 121

  • Deposit

    DEWITT, ED, 1981. UNPUBLISHED RECONNAISSANCE MAPPING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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