Annete Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, 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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109608
MRDS ID M050371
Record type Site
Current site name Annete Mine
Alternate or previous names Olivette, Corda Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.09263, 31.96234 (WGS84)
Elevation 1090
Relative position 4 3/4 MILES NNW OF TWIN BUTTES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 012E 11 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.09263, 31.96234

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description San Xavier Thrust Block.

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW, LENSING
    Strike N 08 W
    Dip 40 NE
    Length 914.4M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Narrow Breccia Filled Fractures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTERSECTS OLIVETTE VEIN NEAR OLIVETTE SHAFT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pima District

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Period 1880 - 1920
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10 Oz Ag/Ton, 5 % Pb, 1 % Zn, Minor Cu, Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 1wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 5wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 316g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • GROUP PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS $750,000 , MAINLY FOR SILVER. LATE 1800'S TO EARLY 1900'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL VERTICAL SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH (AT LEAST 100 FEET).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 136 .

  • Deposit

    MAYUGA, M. N., 1942 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE HELMET PEAK AREA, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV. ARIZ., PHD THESIS, P. 108 - 111 .

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E. D., 1950 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART 1 : ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 156 , P. 48 .

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 136 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHALLOW SEATED FISSURE DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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