Little Fanny Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz, Beryllium
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039395
MRDS ID M050022
Record type Site
Current site name Little Fanny Group
Alternate or previous names Alvera Extension, Last Chance, Alvera
Related records 10186017

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.10094, 32.05818 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SW OF JOHNSON. ABT. 11 MI. NE FROM BENSON, ARIZ. 1 MI. SW OF PRIMOS MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 022E 09,03 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Quartz Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Beryl Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon
    Rock description Texas Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.10094, 32.05818

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faulting.

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 70 SE.
    Thickness 0.76M
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FAULTING CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH VEIN FORMATION. QUARTZ VEINS 1 TO 8 IN THICK OCCUR IN THREE WELL-DEFINED SETS. SOME ARE OFFSET AND SHEARED. NORMAL FAULT MOVEMENT. OFFSET IS SMALL (INCHES). VEINS OCCUR EN ECHELON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Discoverer Asa Walker

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dragoon Mining Corp. , Coronado Copper And Zinc Co.
    First year 1973
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joseph Robles
    Home office Tombstone, Az.
    First year 1964

Comments on the production information

  • A TOTAL OF AT LEAST 32 TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES PRODUCED DURING 1914-1918, 1934-1939, 1941-1945, AND IN 1948. PAST PRODUCTION OF FLUORITE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 487.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PITS AND OPENCUTS 5 TO 20 FT DEEP. SMALL STOPES.

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION CEASED 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.

  • Deposit

    ARIZ. B. OF M. BULL. 148.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    COOPER AND SILVER, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS SMALL VEINS SOMETIMES CONSTITUTING LODES. MINOR VEIN SYSTEMS. (A) STRIKE N 15E DIP 40 TO 60 E. (B) STRIKE N 65 E DIP 80 S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-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

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