Anderson Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Bismuth, Feldspar
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027063
MRDS ID M001877
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson Mine
Alternate or previous names Whitehall Mine
Related records 10258923

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.54602, 33.93395 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 10 MILES N OF MORRISTOWN., Location Uncertain, Location Uncertain, Location Uncertain

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 007N 003W 23 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • MAY BE IN SEC. 20 ACCORDING TO USBM MILS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Primary
Feldspar Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.54602, 33.93395

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BISMUTH ORE IN PEGMATITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Picacho District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anderson Brothers Own Bismuth.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, JAN. 1948.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MINING WORLD, JAN. 1948

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-81 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-93 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.