The Mercury Group is a mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 34.47028, -112.60472
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Mercury Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mercury Group
Secondary: Adeline Mercury
Secondary: Cinnabar King
Secondary: Cinnabar Queen
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Copper Basin 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1922
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY OF NO. 1 & 2 SHOWED 0.04 & 0.06 % HG
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Kaolin
Unknown: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GROUP CONSISTS OF 10 CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS IN PATCHES AND ISOLATED CRYSTALS IN NARROW SEAMS.
Comment (Workings): 12 FT. SHAFT, 60 FT. SHAFT.
Comment (Commodity): CU IS APPARENTLY ONLY A TRACE OCCURANCE
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1937 , UNIV. ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 142 .
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONNAL FILES.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927 , BULLETIN 122 .
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