Rattlesnake Group

The Rattlesnake Group is a mercury mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,720 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

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Site Name

Primary: Rattlesnake Group
Secondary: Lola Lee

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.
Administrative Organization: Tonto National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Packard, A. M. , Robert S., And Gus

Owner Name: Oneida Mining Co.

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: 1925
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 Sequence Or Prec Metavolcanic And Metasedimentary Rocks.

Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Contact Between Pumice And Tuffs To North And Purple Shales And Siltstones To South. Red Rock Rhyolite Dikes, Also Ne Trending.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOW 1.42 PCT HG. AND 0.44 PCT HG.

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar

Comments

Comment (Deposit): A SILICEOUS ZONE 3 FT WIDE IS THE MINERALIZED ZONE, WHICH CONTAINS NARROW VEINLETS OF CINNABAR.

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS HAVE BEEN MADE. PROPERTY INACTIVE, 1960. 35 TON GOULD ROTARY FURNACE.

Comment (Deposit): RATTLESNAKE GROUP CONSISTS OF 8 CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

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

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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