Rico Group

The Rico Group 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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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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