The L and N Group is a mercury mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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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: 33.96694, -111.45833
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L and N Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: L and N Group
Secondary: Ward
Secondary: Oneida Group
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Mazatzal 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: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Arizona Quicksilver Corp.
Home Office: Phoenix, Az.
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: To 1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^8 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Prec Sedimentary And Volcanic Sequence.
Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Rhyolite Porphyry, Probably Prec, And Prec Purple Phyllites And Shales
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Calomel
Ore: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): ON EAST FORK OF SYCAMORE CREEK IN MAZATZAL MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Deposit): VEINS OF QUARTZ CARRYING LIMONITE AND CINNABAR CUT QUARTZITE COUNTRY ROCK. SOME SMALL STRINGERS OF PURE CINNABAR OCCUR. OVERLAPPING VEINS CAN BE TRACED FOR 7500 FT.
Comment (Workings): 1100 FT TUNNEL WITH 500 FT OF CROSSCUTS. ONE 40 FT. TUNNEL, ONE 26 FT. TUNNEL.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QTZ VEINS IN QUARTZITE
Comment (Deposit): L AND N GROUP CONSISTS OF 17 CLAIMS MOST ORE OCCURS ON THE NO. 1 CLAIM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 620, P. 111-128
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): DEWITT, ED, 1981. UNPUBLISHED RECONNAISSANCE MAPPING
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