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Packover Claim

Past 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. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040374
MRDS ID M055105
Record type Site
Current site name Packover Claim
Alternate or previous names Sunflower Group, National

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.49488, 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 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Jasperization

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.49488, 33.9559
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 90
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Some Ore Is Localized In Fault Gouge

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: CHLORITE SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mazatzal Mountains District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 136.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, 50 FT. SHAFT. 660 FT. OF SURFACE CUTS ON PACKOVER AND GO-BY CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN SEAMS OF CINNABAR IN SCHIST. VEINLETS CONTINUE EN ECHELON FOR ABOUT 3 MILES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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