Martin group (Packover Ext.; Raymer Hayden & Martin gp.; Raymer & Hayden claims; Hayden & Allison claims; Red Top Mercury), Maricopa County belt, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District), Maricopa County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 57' 19'' North , 111° 29' 47'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tonto Basin | 1,424 (2011) | 23.2km |
| Gisela | 570 (2011) | 25.7km |
| Oxbow Estates | 217 (2011) | 29.1km |
| Rio Verde | 1,811 (2011) | 30.7km |
| Payson | 15,345 (2017) | 34.4km |
‡Ref.: Ransome, F.L. (1916), Quicksilver Deposits of the Mazatzal Range, Arizona, in Contributions to Economic Geology by F.L. Ransome & H.S. Gale, USGS Bull. 620: 121.
Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 122 (1927).
Bailey, E.H., USGS, personal files; DeWitt, Ed (1981), unpublished reconnaissance mapping data.
USGS Reno Pass map.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources (ADMR) Red Top Mercury file.
Lausen, C. & E. Gardner, Arizona Bureau of Mines #122: 87.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10095481; and Dep. ID #10210703.
A group of 4 mercury claims & former surface mine.
Mineralization is cinnabar. Ore occurs parallel to schistosity. NE-trending Precambrian sedimentary and volcanic sequence with NE foliation and schistosity locally. Both clastic tuff breccias and sschists to siltstones occur in the mine area.
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Great Plains DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- Tonto National ForestForest
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