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Maricopa Mine

Producer 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027070
MRDS ID M001905
Record type Site
Current site name Maricopa Mine
Related records 10234974

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.46071, 33.96701 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.6 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 009E 008 SW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SCHIST IS IN A BELT SURROUNDED BY PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. THE LODE DOES NOT CROP OUT CONTINUOUSLY, AND IS RECOGNIZABLE AS A SLIGHT DEPRESSION WITH A SPONGY RESIDUE OF LIMONITE AND QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mazatzal Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PART OF A GROUP OF MERCURY MINES IN THE AREA. OTHERS ARE SUNFLOWER, MCDEVITT, BOWMAN AND REYNOLDS, ETC. 14 CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

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