Description
Wesley Goswick
Commodities
PrimaryMercury
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlShear Zones In Phyllite.
Materials
Ore mineralsCinnabar, Malachite
GangueBarite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Yavapai Series, Alder Group
Associated rockDiorite,Rhyolite
StructurePrec Thrust Faulting, Minor Tert Normal Faulting., Thrust Faults Ne Trending Fault Traces, Ne Trending Schistosity And Bedding Orientations.
AlterationStrong Sericite Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1925
Identification
Deposit ID10103779
MRDS IDM055116
Alternate namesOrd Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.95729, -111.39877
References
ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.ENG. AND MINING JOUR., 1965, VOL. 166. NO. 7.BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.BECKMAN, R.T. AND KERNS, W.H., 1965, MERCURY IN ARIZONA: USBM IC 8252.USGS BULL 1042-R, 1958, P. 685-698.USBM UNPUB DATA