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Mercuria Group

Producer in Gila 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109634
MRDS ID M055117
Record type Site
Current site name Mercuria Group
Related records 10209445

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.43738, 33.97424 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position IN MAZATZAL MTNS ON SOUTH SLOPE OF PINE MOUNTAIN AT THE HEAD OF GARDNER CREEK, ONE-HALF MILE FROM MARICOPA GILA COUNTY BORDER.

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 07N 09E 03 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY SHOWS 0.175 PCT HG.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.43738, 33.97424
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne Trending Metavolcanic And Metasedimentary Sequence. Ne Trending Syncline In Red Rock Porphyry North Of Mine.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Body Of Red Rock Porphyry North Of Mine

Ore body information

  • Strike N 57 W
    Dip 70 SE
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 24.38M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEINS IN SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Discoverer Wm. Reynolds

Mining district

District name Mazatzal Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oliver Brunson, Gus Packard
    First year 1960
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dick Robbins

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
    Mercury Mercury 4048g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • 20 FT. TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • 10 CLAIMS IN 1927.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 1922

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    DEWITT, ED, 1981. UNPUBLISHED RECONNAISSANCE MAPPING

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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