The Sunnyside 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
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 33.95972, -111.48889
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Sunnyside Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunnyside Claim
Secondary: Sunflower Group
Secondary: National
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Sunflower 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: PANCAKE-SHAPED TABULAR BODIES AND STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE ASSAY OF A LODE OF 7 IN MAX. WIDTH SHOWED 1.25 PCT HG. RICH ORE YIELDED 38.2 PCT. HG. OTHER ORE 0.7 PCT.
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN BANDED GRAY AND WHITE LENS OF LIMESTONE IN FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ-SERICITE SCHIST.
Comment (Production): PRIOR TO 1924, 75 FLASKS PRODUCED. IN 1925, 24 FLASKS PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): ORE DOES NOT EXTEND ABOVE LEVEL MORE THAN 20 FT.
Comment (Workings): 5 TUNNELS AND 1 CROSSCUT, 1 OPEN CUT.
Comment (Development): 12-PIPE JOHNSON-MCKAY RETORT FURNACE
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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