The Pine Mountain Group is a mercury mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 33.97917, -111.44806
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Pine Mountain Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Mountain Group
Secondary: Turnbull Group
Commodity
Primary: 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: John Bacon (Or Andy Zinkel, Tonto Basin)
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2-5 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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: L
Description: Ne Trending Intrusives And Foliation.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ON NO. 1 CLAIM ASSAYS SHOWED 0.04 PCT HG., 0.08 PCT, 0.16 PCT, AND 0.26 PCT.
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Geology): LOCAL METAMORPHISM TO PHYLLITE AND SCHIST
Comment (Deposit): PINE MOUNTAIN GROUP CONSISTS OF TEN CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Workings): SURFACE CUTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON SEVERAL CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): LODE IS DISCONTINUOUS. QUICKSILVER IS DISSEMINATED RATHER THAN CONCENTRATED IN SEAMS. VEINLETS IN SCHIST. FILMS ON FRACTURES.
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.
Reference (Deposit): ENG. AND MINING. JOUR., 1965, VOL. 166 NO. 7
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BECKMAN, R.T. AND KERNS, W.H., 1965, MERCURY IN ARIZONA: USBM IC 8252
Reference (Production): BAILEY, BECKMAN AND KERNS
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