Annie Mine

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Barium-Barite, Zinc
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10027248
MRDS ID M002621
Record type Site
Current site name Annie Mine
Alternate or previous names Anna
Related records 10137494

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.34578, 33.00535 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 7 MI. BY ROAD FROM CASTLE DOME LANDING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yuma(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Middle Mountains North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005S 020W 08 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE YUMA TEST STATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 12% ZN, NOT RECOVERED.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.34578, 33.00535

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Diorite Porphyry Dike, Approximately 150 Feet Wide, Trends South-Southwest And, Near Its Eastern Margin, Is Cut By A Steeply Northwestward-Dipping Fault Zone That Strikes S15w.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike S15W
    Dip NW
    Thickness 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Castle Dome District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Production statistics

  • Year 1929
    Period 1920-1929
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^60% Pb, 36 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au, Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 1016g/mt
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 60wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ACCORDING TO THE U.S. MINERAL RESOURCES, SOME ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE IN 1924 AND 1926. FEW TENS OF TONS IN 1920'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY A 300 FOOT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; 1951; ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 114.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 117.

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 114 (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPOTTY, PARTIALLY OXIDIZED MINERALIZATION IN A BARITE GANGUE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) 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.

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.