Mine detail: Ord Group

Previously called 'Ord Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.95729, -111.39877

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Cinnabar, Malachite
Gangue:	Barite, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year:	1925

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Yavapai Series, Alder Group
Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Diorite,Rhyolite
Structure:	Prec Thrust Faulting, Minor Tert Normal Faulting., Thrust Faults Ne Trending Fault Traces, Ne Trending Schistosity And Bedding Orientations.
Alteration processes:	Strong Sericite Alteration

References

MRDS	M055116
DEP	10103779
Reference	{Deposit:: ARIZ. BUREAU MINES, 1927, BULL. 122.}{Deposit:: ENG. AND MINING JOUR., 1965, VOL. 166. NO. 7.}{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.}{Deposit:: BECKMAN, R.T. AND KERNS, W.H., 1965, MERCURY IN ARIZONA: USBM IC 8252.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1042-R, 1958, P. 685-698.}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Gest, Don E.