Mine detail: Red Bird Group

Previously called 'Blue Bird GroupTontoSlate Creek'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.96007, -111.38293

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Cinnabar, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite
Orebody form:	STRINGERS
Discovery year:	1922

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated rock:	Redrock Porphyry
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Ne Trending Schistosity, Ne Trending Red Rock Rhyolite Dikes.

References

MRDS	M055115
DEP	10040380
Reference	{Deposit:: ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, I.C. 8252, 1965.}{Deposit:: E.H. BAILEY, USGS, PERSONAL FILES.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.)