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Red Bird Group

Producer in Gila 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040380
MRDS ID M055115
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bird Group
Alternate or previous names Blue Bird Group, Tonto, Slate Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.38293, 33.96007 (WGS84)
Elevation 951
Relative position ON SLATE CREEK NEAR MALONE MOUNTAIN IN MAZATZAL MTNS. EAST OF ORD MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gila(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)

Tonto(hydrologic unit)

Salt(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 Gila

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 009E 12 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY ACROSS 2 FT OF SCHIST SHOWED 0.14 PCT HG. SECOND ASSAY SHOWED 0.23 PCT. HG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Redrock Porphyry
    Rock description Redrock Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.38293, 33.96007
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Schistosity, Ne Trending Red Rock Rhyolite Dikes.

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike EW
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1922
Discoverer W.A. Malones, Tom Malones, Otto Malones

Mining district

District name Mazatzal Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Tonto National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Cinnabar Co.
    Home office Globe, Az.

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period To 1960
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Mercury Mercury 3614g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 8 FT. WIDE, 200 FT. TUNNEL. INOPERATIVE 8 TON ROTARY (1964).

Comments on development

  • 19 CLAIMS IN 1927.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, I.C. 8252, 1965.

  • Deposit

    E.H. BAILEY, USGS, PERSONAL FILES.

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SECOND LODE OCCURS ON THE RED BIRD NO. 7 CLAIM AND IS 350 FT. OF THE LODE DESCRIBED ABOVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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