Martin Group

The Martin Group is a 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: Martin Group

State:  Arizona

County:  Maricopa

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

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 33.95583, -111.49667

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Martin Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Martin Group
Secondary: Raymer and Hayden
Secondary: Hayden and Allison


Commodity

Tertiary: Mercury


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Chris Martin Et Al.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Prec Sedimentary And Volcanic Sequence.

Type: L
Description: Ne Foliation And Schistosity. Both Clastic Tuff Breccias And Schists To Siltstones In Mine Area.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar


Comments

Comment (Location): OFF W FORK OF SYCAMORE CREEK IN MAZATZAL MOUNTAINS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: NOT COMMERCIAL GRADE ORE

Comment (Workings): SURFACE CUTS AND TWO TUNNELS, 30 AND 35 FT.


References

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

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. BULL 620, P. 121

Reference (Deposit): DEWITT, ED, 1981. UNPUBLISHED RECONNAISSANCE MAPPING


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