Red Bird group (Blue Bird group; Tonto; Slate Creek; Slate Creek Quicksilver), Slate Creek, Malone Mountain area, Sunflower Mining District (Mazatzal Mountains Mining District; Quicksilver Mining District), Mazatzal Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 57' 36'' North , 111° 22' 55'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tonto Basin | 1,424 (2011) | 16.4km |
| Gisela | 570 (2011) | 18.3km |
| Oxbow Estates | 217 (2011) | 25.1km |
| Payson | 15,345 (2017) | 30.6km |
| Star Valley | 2,277 (2017) | 34.7km |
Mindat Locality ID:
132646
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:132646:1
GUID (UUID V4):
fb5a0bf0-2b46-4ad4-afe1-af3356b0367a
A former surface and underground Hg-Cu mine located on 19 claims (1927), in sec. 12, T7N, R9E, on Slate Creek near Malone Mountain in the Mazatzal Mountains, E of the Ord Mine, about 1 mile WNW of Baker Mountain near highway 87, on National Forest land. Discovered by W.A. Malones, Tom Malones, and Otto Malones in 1922. Owned by the Arizona Cinnabar Co. of Globe, AZ.
Mineralization is ore in stringers, hosted in schist. The ore zone strikes E-W and dips vertically. An associated rock unit is the Red Rock Porphyry. A second lode occurs on the Red Bird No. 7 claim.
Local structures include NE-trending schistosity, and NE-trending Red Rock Rhyolite dikes.
Workings are 60.96 meters in length and include an open cut 8 feet wide, and a 200 foot long tunnel. Equipment included an inoperative 8 ton rotary furnace.
Assay data: Assay across 2 feet of schist showed 0.14% Hg. A second assay showed 0.23% Hg.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' |
| ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10040380 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Great Plains DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Tonto National ForestForest
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