Mine detail: Rico Group

Previously called 'Dreamy DrawSam Hughes'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.56674, -112.04379

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper, Silver
Ore: Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
Gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Discovery year: 1916

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1916

Geology

Host type:Schist
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSM055101
DEP10040371
Reference{Deposit:: ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 690 P. 95-110.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.}{Deposit:: MINING JOUR, 1930, V. 14, NO. 3, P. 38.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: SAWYER AND OTHERS, 1992.}
ReporterBerquist, Orris, Greta J.