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Anchor Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048267
MRDS ID M800388
Record type Site
Current site name Anchor Mine
Alternate or previous names Anchor Dump

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11296, 34.75726 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 0.27 MILES NORTH OF EDITH AND AUDREY SHAFTS OF U.V.X. MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarkdale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Verde(hydrologic unit)

Verde(hydrologic accounting unit)

Salt(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016N 002E 23 NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MI N OF JEROME. MINE MATERIAL APPEARS TO BE DUMP MATERIAL FROM UNITED VERDE MINE. NO UNDERGROUND WORKINGS APPARENT. UTM COORDINATES TO CENTER OF PATENTED CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11296, 34.75726
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1960
Year of last production 1961

Mining district

District name Verde District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tony A. Lorenzo

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIM: ANCHOR, M.S. 1432

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANCHOR MINE OR ANCHOR DUMP APPARENTLY PRODUCED WASTE MATERIAL FROM UNITED VERDE WASTE DUMPS. NO GEOLOGY OR DEPOSIT TYPES ARE WRITTEN DOWN BECAUSE NO DEPOSIT NAMED THE ANCHOR WAS MINED ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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