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Sunflower Group

Past Producer in Maricopa 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040373
MRDS ID M055104
Record type Site
Current site name Sunflower Group
Alternate or previous names Packover Claim, Go-By Claim Sunnyside Claim, Arizona Sunflower, National
Related records 10112466, 10186738

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.49515, 33.9559 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position IN MAZATZAL MTNS

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;009E NE OF NE NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.49515, 33.9559
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust And Normal Faults; Intensely Folded.

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCALLY METAMORPHOSED TO PHYLLITE AND SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1911
Discoverer E.H. Bowman

Mining district

District name Mazatzal Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Quicksilver Corp.
    Home office Phoenix, Az.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL CROSSCUTS AND RAISES, TUNNELS TOTALING 2000 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN SCHIST.
Deposit SUNFLOWER GROUP CONSISTS OF 17 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (AS OF 1927) INCLUDING GO-BY CLAIM, PACKOVER CLAIM, AND SUNNYSIDE CLAIM ; 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

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