Packover Claim

The Packover Claim 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: Packover Claim  

State:  Arizona

County:  Maricopa

Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 33.95583, -111.49417

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Satelite image of the Packover Claim

Packover Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Packover Claim
Secondary: Sunflower Group
Secondary: National


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Mazatzal Mountains District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Form: VEINLETS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Jasperization


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIN SEAMS OF CINNABAR IN SCHIST. VEINLETS CONTINUE EN ECHELON FOR ABOUT 3 MILES.

Comment (Workings): TWO SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, 50 FT. SHAFT. 660 FT. OF SURFACE CUTS ON PACKOVER AND GO-BY CLAIMS.

Comment (Geology): HR.AGE.MV: CHLORITE SCHIST


References

Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122


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