Anderson Prospect

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039599
MRDS ID M050402
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson Prospect
Alternate or previous names Conglomerate
Related records 10161602

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.76735, 31.73013 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position 37 MILES SE OF TUCSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Wrightson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 015E 01 NE OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1/8 MILE NE OF CAVE OF THE BELLS PROSPECT; 1/4 MILE SW OF SNYDER MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Extends To Bottom Of 50-Ft Shaft

Analytical data

Result ORE VALUES AVERAGED 68% PB, 54 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite-Precamb. 1450 +-10my Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite-Precamb. 1450 +-10my Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Epitaph Dolomite (Upper Member)
    Rock description Epitaph Dolomite (Upper Member)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.76735, 31.73013

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S And Extensive Faulting In N.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust And Normal Faulting - Shear Zones.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip VERT.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs In Pockets And Small Boulders Scattered Through The Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: BASIN AND RANGE. ; GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION IS ASSUMED TO BE THAT OF THE QUARTZ VEINS OF DREWES, 1971. ; REG.COM: STRUCTURE IN DISTRICT IS THRUST FAULTING AND HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTING AND FOLDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Production years PRIOR TO FEB. 1936

Mining district

District name Greaterville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. Anderson
    First year 1915

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS USED ARE THOSE OF DREWES , 1971, U.S.G.S. MAP I 614. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Keith, William J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) 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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