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Mercury Group

Prospect 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210266
MRDS ID M055597
MAS/MILS ID 0040130442
Record type Site
Current site name Mercury Group
Alternate or previous names Constellation, Porterie, Vampire, Almaden
Related records 10103806

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.00793, 33.56067 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunnyslope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salt(hydrologic unit)

Salt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003 N 003 E 27 SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.00793, 33.56067
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Porteries Mining Co
    Year 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS SUNNYSLOPE MAP

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F,USGS BULL 690-D,P98

  • Deposit

    LAUSEN,C & GARDNER,E, AZ.B.M.#122,P56-57

  • Deposit

    ADMR "U" FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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