The Mercuria Group is a mercury mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,902 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: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 33.97417, -111.43667
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Mercuria Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mercuria Group
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
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: Dick Robbins
Owner Name: Oliver Brunson, Gus Packard
Years: 1960 -
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: To 1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^8 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1926
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 Metavolcanic And Metasedimentary Sequence. Ne Trending Syncline In Red Rock Porphyry North Of Mine.
Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Body Of Red Rock Porphyry North Of Mine
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY SHOWS 0.175 PCT HG.
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Development): 10 CLAIMS IN 1927.
Comment (Workings): 20 FT. TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEINS IN SCHIST
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 1922
Reference (Deposit): ENG. AND MINING JOUR. 1965, VOL. 166, NO. 7
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): DEWITT, ED, 1981. UNPUBLISHED RECONNAISSANCE MAPPING
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
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