The Sunflower Group is a mercury mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 33.95583, -111.49444
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Sunflower Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunflower Group
Secondary: Packover Claim
Secondary: Go-By Claim Sunnyside Claim
Secondary: Arizona Sunflower
Secondary: National
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Copper
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Arizona Quicksilver Corp.
Home Office: Phoenix, Az.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1911
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
Type: L
Description: Thrust And Normal Faults; Intensely Folded.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL CROSSCUTS AND RAISES, TUNNELS TOTALING 2000 FT.
Comment (Geology): LOCALLY METAMORPHOSED TO PHYLLITE AND SCHIST.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN SCHIST.
Comment (Deposit): SUNFLOWER GROUP CONSISTS OF 17 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (AS OF 1927) INCLUDING GO-BY CLAIM, PACKOVER CLAIM, AND SUNNYSIDE CLAIM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference (Deposit): ENG. AND MINING JOURNAL, 1965, VOL. 166. NO. 7
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