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Annie Laurie Prospect

Occurrence in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Travertine
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039547
MRDS ID M050256
Record type Site
Current site name Annie Laurie Prospect
Alternate or previous names Annie Laurie Claims
Related records 10113236

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.24541, 31.4357 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ruby(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic unit)

Rio De La Concepcion(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(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 023S 011E 08;01 S2 OF SW4 (08) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Uranium Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Travertine Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Travertine Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Chloritization (?)

Analytical data

Result PIT SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.010 AND 0.015 PERCENT U
Result SELECTED DUMP MATERIAL ASSAYED AS HIGH AS 0.79% U.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Cobre Ridge Tuff-Rhyolite Member;;Sidewinder Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Cobre Ridge Tuff-Rhyolite Member;;Sidewinder Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Jurassic granitic rocks
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Block Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip EAST
    Length 1.22M
    Width 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North Trending - East Dipping Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SECONDARY URANIUM DEPOSITED IN CALCAREOUS TUFA FROM LEACHING OF BRECCIA AND GROUND WATER MOVEMENT ALONG N 60 W FAULT SYSTEM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Discoverer J.H. Bright (Uranium)

Mining district

District name Oro Blanco District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. H. Bright, Jr.
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • SOME MATERIAL SHIPPED FOR TESTING BUT NO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PROSPECT OPERATIONS IN 1948-1955. SEVERAL PITS FOR URANIUM EXPLORATION; ONE FLOODED ADIT FOR SULFIDE EXPLORATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, H.C., AND RAUP, R.B., 1962, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: USGS BULL. 1147 - A.

  • Deposit

    KNIGHT, L.H., JR. 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, R.Y., AND KURTZ, E.B., JR., 1955, BIOGEOCHEMICAL RECONN. OF ANNIE LAURIE PROSPECT: ECON. GEOL. V. 50, NO. 2.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ., ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 62.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.

  • Deposit

    VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, R.J., 1951, ANNIE LAURIE PROSPECT: OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE, U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, DIVISION OF RAW MATERIAL REPORT 677, TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE.

  • Deposit

    1951 GEOCHEM USAEC - RMO-677

  • Deposit

    1954 RECON USGS BULL 1147 A - MAPS , ANALYSIS.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1948 - 49 FOR URANIUM - EARLIER FOR SULFIDES.
Deposit ORE MINERALS IN FISSURE ZONE BETWEEN PORPHYRY AND SEDIMENTS. TRAVERTINE SHOWS WEAK RADIOACTIVITY. PITCHBLENDE AND SULFIDE MINERALS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED BY HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS CIRCULATING ALONG FAULT FISSURES. PURPLE FLUORSPAR FORMS STRINGERS WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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