Mine detail: Northern Light Group

Previously called 'Bowman and ReynoldsGila County GroupGold Creek GroupBernice No. 1Big Tunnel'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.98646, -111.42682

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	STRINGERS
Discovery year:	1914

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Schist,Sandstone
Associated rock:	Red Rock Porphyry
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Ne Trending Metavolcanic Metasedimentary Sequence, Ne Intrusions Of Porphyritic Rhyolite.

References

MRDS	M055113
DEP	10040379
Reference	{Deposit:: ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.}{Deposit:: BECKMAN, R.T. AND KERNS, W.H., 1965, MERCURY IN ARIZONA: USBM IC 8252.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)