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Pine Mountain Group

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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040382
MRDS ID M055122
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Mountain Group
Alternate or previous names Turnbull Group
Related records 10137776

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.44877, 33.97924 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position THREE-FOURTHS OF A MILE SW FROM PINE MOUNTAIN NEAR HEAD OF SYCAMORE CREEK 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 4 SW OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Analytical data

Result ON NO. 1 CLAIM ASSAYS SHOWED 0.04 PCT HG., 0.08 PCT, 0.16 PCT, AND 0.26 PCT.

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 > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.44877, 33.97924
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Intrusives And Foliation.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 77 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 2286M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCAL METAMORPHISM 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 1925
Discoverer Wm. Reynolds, Chas. Macfarland, Wm. Boardman

Mining district

District name Mazatzal Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Bacon (Or Andy Zinkel, Tonto Basin)

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period To 1962
    Material HG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2-5 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Mercury Mercury 1581g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON SEVERAL CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BECKMAN, R.T. AND KERNS, W.H., 1965, MERCURY IN ARIZONA: USBM IC 8252

  • Production

    BAILEY, BECKMAN AND KERNS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PINE MOUNTAIN GROUP CONSISTS OF TEN CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit LODE IS DISCONTINUOUS. QUICKSILVER IS DISSEMINATED RATHER THAN CONCENTRATED IN SEAMS. VEINLETS IN SCHIST. FILMS ON FRACTURES.

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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