The Rico Group is a mercury mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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Rico Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rico Group
Secondary: Sam Hughes
Secondary: Dreamy Draw
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Phoenix Mountains District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dr. H. T. Bailey
Home Office: Phoenix, Az.
Owner Name: Arizona Mercury Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1916
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: Sonoran Desert
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
Analytical Data: ASSAY SHOWED 1.29 PCT HG.
Materials
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Development): PREVIOUS OWNER STEVE TAYBURN (1940). PREVIOUS OPERATOR J.B. GIRAND (1940).
Comment (Workings): 112 FT. SHAFT, 100 FT. CROSSCUT, 59 FT. DRIFT., 250 FT. SHAFT. OPEN PIT
Comment (Deposit): RICO GROUP CONSISTS OF NINE CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN A FUALT ZONE OF CRUSHED SCHIST FROM 14 INCHES TO 5 FT WIDE THAT LIES IN A PLANE OF SCHITOSITY WITH VEINLETS OF CINNABAR UP TO 4 INCHES WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 690 P. 95-110.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.
Reference (Deposit): MINING JOUR, 1930, V. 14, NO. 3, P. 38.
Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.
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