The Maricopa Mine is a mercury mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Maricopa Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Maricopa Mine
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Mazatzal Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE SCHIST IS IN A BELT SURROUNDED BY PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. THE LODE DOES NOT CROP OUT CONTINUOUSLY, AND IS RECOGNIZABLE AS A SLIGHT DEPRESSION WITH A SPONGY RESIDUE OF LIMONITE AND QUARTZ.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Deposit): PART OF A GROUP OF MERCURY MINES IN THE AREA. OTHERS ARE SUNFLOWER, MCDEVITT, BOWMAN AND REYNOLDS, ETC. 14 CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. BULL. 620, P.111
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