Mine detail: Sunflower Group

Previously called 'Packover ClaimGo-By Claim Sunnyside ClaimArizona SunflowerNational'

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Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.9559, -111.49515
dep_id: 10040373
mrds_id: M055104
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R.
hrock_type: Diorite,Slate,Quartzite,Phyllite,Schist,Shale,Rhyolite
Structure: Thrust And Normal Faults; Intensely Folded.
disc_yr: 1911
discr: E.H. Bowman
References:
  • Deposit:: ENG. AND MINING JOURNAL, 1965, VOL. 166. NO. 7
  • Deposit:: ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.
  • Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA
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