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Sunnyside Claim

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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040375
MRDS ID M055106
Record type Site
Current site name Sunnyside Claim
Alternate or previous names Sunflower Group, National

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.4896, 33.95979 (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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE ASSAY OF A LODE OF 7 IN MAX. WIDTH SHOWED 1.25 PCT HG. RICH ORE YIELDED 38.2 PCT. HG. OTHER ORE 0.7 PCT.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.4896, 33.95979
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PANCAKE-SHAPED TABULAR BODIES AND STRINGERS
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 0.15M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN BANDED GRAY AND WHITE LENS OF LIMESTONE IN FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ-SERICITE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1924, 1925

Mining district

District name Sunflower District

Comments on the production information

  • PRIOR TO 1924, 75 FLASKS PRODUCED. IN 1925, 24 FLASKS PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 351.13M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 TUNNELS AND 1 CROSSCUT, 1 OPEN CUT.

Comments on development

  • 12-PIPE JOHNSON-MCKAY RETORT FURNACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE DOES NOT EXTEND ABOVE LEVEL MORE THAN 20 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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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