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Ord Group

Past Producer in Gila county in Arizona, United States with commodities Mercury, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103779
MRDS ID M055116
Record type Site
Current site name Ord Group
Alternate or previous names Ord Mine
Related records 10282495

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.39877, 33.95729 (WGS84)
Relative position 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 15,16 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • POSSIBLY SOME VERY SMALL AMOUNTS OF COPPER. UNDER URANIUM ENTERPRISES INC, ORD MINE PRODUCED 6.8 LB HG PER TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Malachite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Sericite Alteration

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW 1.04 PCT HG, 17.12 PCT. HG, 5.0 PCT HG, 0.93 PCT. HG., 0.37 PCT HG, 0.38 PCT. HG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Yavapai Series, Alder Group
    Rock description Yavapai Series, Alder Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.39877, 33.95729
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Thrust Faulting, Minor Tert Normal Faulting.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Faults Ne Trending Fault Traces, Ne Trending Schistosity And Bedding Orientations.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip 60 TO 75 N
    Length 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones In Phyllite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCHISTOSITY IS WELL-DEVELOPED AND ROCK CONTAINS WELL-DEFINED CLEAVAGE PLANES. CINNABAR OCCURS IN SEAMS AND BLADES PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY. AREA FAULTED BY THRUSTS AND BY TERTIARY NORMAL FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Wesley Goswick

Mining district

District name Mazatzal Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Uranium Enterprises, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Quicksilver Corp.
    Home office Phoenix, Az.

Comments on the production information

  • BAILEY SAYS CONFUSION OF PRODUCTION FIGURES BETWEEN ORD & SUNFLOWER GROUPS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, 730 FT ADIT, 150 FT CROSSCUT, 130 FT. TUNNEL, (1927 WORKINGS) IN 1958, MAIN MINE HAD 7 LEVELS DOWN TO 300 FT, ELONGATED IN A N80E DIRECTION. SECOND WORKING AREA, CALLED WORKINGS 1, IS 100 FT DEEP ON 3 LEVELS. DETAILED MINE MAPS ARE IN USGS BULL 1042-R.

Comments on development

  • LAST OPERATIONS IN 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.

  • Deposit

    ENG. AND MINING JOUR., 1965, VOL. 166. NO. 7.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

  • Deposit

    BECKMAN, R.T. AND KERNS, W.H., 1965, MERCURY IN ARIZONA: USBM IC 8252.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1042-R, 1958, P. 685-698.

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO OR THREE PARALLEL LODES OCCUR ON THE CLAIMS. CINNABAR OCCURS IN QUARTZ VEINS AS WELL AS DISSEMINATED IN PHYLLITE. TINY VEINLETS OF PURE CINNABAR OCCUR.
Deposit ORD GROUP CONSISTS OF 20 CLAIMS ON SLATE CREEK. ; 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-MAY-1982 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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