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.

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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)

Primary Mineral: Mercury

Lat, Long: 33.96694, -111.45833

Satelite image of the L and N Group

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

Holdings

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

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

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

Materials

Ore: Metacinnabar

Ore: Calomel

Ore: Mercury

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment Type: Location	Comment: ON EAST FORK OF SYCAMORE CREEK IN MAZATZAL MOUNTAINS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: 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 Type: Workings	Comment: 1100 FT TUNNEL WITH 500 FT OF CROSSCUTS. ONE 40 FT. TUNNEL, ONE 26 FT. TUNNEL.
Comment Type: Geology	Comment: GEOL.DESC: QTZ VEINS IN QUARTZITE
Comment Type: Deposit	Comment: 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 Category: Deposit	Reference: USGS BULL 620, P. 111-128
Reference Category: Production	Reference: USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: DEWITT, ED, 1981. UNPUBLISHED RECONNAISSANCE MAPPING