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Anchor Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Manganese, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104067
MRDS ID M241081
Record type Site
Current site name Anchor Mine
Related records 10160831

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.0726, 31.6943 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position APPROX 1 1/2 MI S OF TOMBSTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tombstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 020S 022E 14 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • W CENTRAL SEC 14, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group Limestone
    Rock description Naco Group Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.0726, 31.6943
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North And Adjacent To E-W Trending Prompter Fault, South Edge Of Tombstone Basin, Deposit Is On Anchor Fault, N-S, 45e

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE MINERALIZATION OCCURRED AFTER MAIN IRON-LEAD-ZINC PHASE IN THE TOMBSTONE DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tombstone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • RELATIVELY SMALL PRODUCTION AROUND 1916-1917.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL AND SURFACE WORKINGS. TUNNEL IS 300 FT LONG AND FOLLOWS FAULT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 73.

  • Deposit

    BUTLER, WILSON, AND RASOR, ABM BULL 143

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL IRREGULAR PIPE-LIKE BODIES OF ARGENTIFEROUS MANGANESE IN FAULT BRECCIA IN LIMESTONE. BRECCIA AND OREBODIES ARE 1.5 TO 3 FT IN THICKNESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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