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Anita Copper Deposit

Past Producer in Coconino county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Uranium, Iron, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102475
MRDS ID M002913
Record type Site
Current site name Anita Copper Deposit
Alternate or previous names Rudy, Emerald, Blue Bonnet

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.25464, 35.87308 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 8 MILES NORTH WILLAHA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coconino(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howard Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Coconino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 029N 001E;002E Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE PRINTED FOR MINE AREA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY WEAK RADIOACTIVITY NOTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite Is Pseudomorphed After Pyrite

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED IN 1923 AS 25 % CU AND 3 OZ. AG PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Host Rock Is Referred To As Kaibab Limestone
    Rock description Host Rock Is Referred To As Kaibab Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.25464, 35.87308
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Fault With Vertical Dip Cuts Mineralizedarea.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Copper Carbonates Concentrated Along Joints Of Host Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Francis District

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM #2 : 390 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING AG AND CU.

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD COPPER WORKINGS WITH SOME OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED WILLIAM H LOCKRIDGE, ANITA COPPERCOMPANT, CONSOLIDATED ARIZONA CO, ARIZONA GIANT MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GIBSON, R., 1951 , PRELIMINARY RECONNAISANCE REPORT RG - 34 ; USAEC RME-155 , P. 68 .

  • Deposit

    PIERCE, WESLEY H., 1970 , COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA: ABM BULL. 182 , P. 250 .

  • Deposit

    USGS MINERALS YEARBOOK 1902 - 1967 .

  • Production

    REF. #3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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