Sunflower Group

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

Name: Sunflower Group  

State:  Arizona

County:  Maricopa

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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