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Zannarapolis Mine

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102534
MRDS ID M003733
Record type Site
Current site name Zannarapolis Mine
Alternate or previous names Zannarapolis Group, Sannarapolis No. 28 Claim
Related records 10258918

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26521, 34.48032 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 7.5 MILES SW OF BAGDAD, 40 MILES NW BY ROAD FROM HILLSDALE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arrastra Mountain NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamo Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(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 010W 01,02,11,12,14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TAKEN TO THE WORKINGS IN NW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 OF SEC 12; ADDITIONAL WORKINGS ARE LOCATED IN THE NW 1/4 OF SEC 1 ON CLAIM 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Lawler Peak Granite
    Rock description Lawler Peak Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26521, 34.48032
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 90
    Length 4827.9M
    Width 804.65M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tourmaline-Bearing Pegmatite; Lenses Associated With Epidote And Quartz; And Along Fractures In Silicified Schist.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer J.P. Zannaras, J. Robinson, Jr.

Mining district

District name Zannarapolis District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Tungsten Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. P. Zannaras, J. P. Robinson, Jr., C. P. Zannaras

Production statistics

  • Year 1961
    Period 1941 - 1961
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.94 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct
  • Year 1961
    Period 1941 - 1961
    Material CONC
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^40 - 50 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 45wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200 FT SHAFT ON ZANNARAAPOLIS NO 28, AN OPEN PIT 60 FT BY 30 FT BY 30 FT DEEP AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS, TRENCHES, AND SMALL PITS

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS CONSIST OF 8 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 42 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF GILA, YAVAPAI, MOHAVE COUNTIES, ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8078, P. 58.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MR-25.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. I.C. 8078 , P. 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE FOR ZONE OF SCHEELITE DEPOSITION. MINERALIZATION IS ALONG FRACTURES IN SCHIST. EPIDOTE-DIOPSIDE LENSES. RPINCIPAL LENS IS 1-20 FT WIDE AND MORE THAN 50 FT LONG AND CONTAINS A FEW TENTHS OF A PERCENT OF WO3. MATERIAL WITH 0.5% WO3 CAN BE SORTED.
Deposit THIS RECORD INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORDS D000845 OF JAMES E. ELLIOTT AND D003612 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAVE BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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