St. Anthony Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Vanadium, Semiprecious Gemstone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008151
MRDS ID D000103
Record type Site
Current site name St. Anthony Mine
Alternate or previous names Mammoth Mine, The Tiger

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.68401, 32.7001 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Semiprecious Gemstone Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPECTACULAR MINERAL SPECIMENS HAVE COME FROM THIS MINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dioptase Ore
Malachite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.68401, 32.7001

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1879
Production years 1879-1901, 1915-1919, 1933-1943

Comments on the production information

  • 2,540,842 POUNDS V2O5 PRODUCED, 1934-1944; SEE CREASEY, 1950, FOR TOTAL PRODUCTION OF AU, AG, PB, ZN, CU, AND MO

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY NIL FOR V AND PROBABLY SMALL TO NIL FOR OTHER METALS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CREASEY, 1950; HUTTL, 1941; PETERSON, 1938-SEE USGS BULL. 1316.

  • Deposit

    BLAIR, GERRY, 1992, THE ROCKHOUND'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA: HELENA, MONTANA, FALCON PRESS, 165 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    BLAIR, 1992.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.