L and N Group

The L and N Group is a mercury mine located in Gila 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: L and N Group  

State:  Arizona

County:  Gila

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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