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Arizona National Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027181
MRDS ID M002390
Record type Site
Current site name Arizona National Mine
Alternate or previous names Anderson Mine
Related records 10186745

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27074, 34.49144 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 2.9 MILES N OF POLAND JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poland Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 001E 21 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Same As N30a
    Rock description Same As N30a
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Lower Unit Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Lower Unit Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27074, 34.49144
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N25e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation For Most Part

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ticonderoga District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1923
    Period 1915 - 1923
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Averaged: 103 Oz. Ag/Ton, 26.9 % Pb, 11.9 % Zn, 0.3 % Cu, 0.025 Oz. Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Conc. Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Conc. Zinc Zinc 12wt-pct
    Conc. Lead Lead 27wt-pct
    Conc. Silver Silver 2908g/mt
  • Year 1925
    Period 1922 - 1925
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3 % Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct
  • Year 1925
    Period 1922 - 1925
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^20 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 565g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ITEMS 9 & 10 ARE PRODUCTS FROM 3600 TONS OF ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1249.68M
    Overall depth 158.5M

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

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