Mine detail: Rico Group

Previously called 'Dreamy DrawSam Hughes'

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Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.56674, -112.04379
dep_id: 10040371
mrds_id: M055101
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Trace mineral: Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar
gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Tourmaline
work_type: Surface/Underground
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone, Schistosity
Reporter: Berquist, Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Schist
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1916
disc_yr: 1916
discr: Sam Hughes
References:
  • 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.
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