The Annie Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.37722, -110.70028
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Annie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Annie Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Patagonia District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1900
Time Period: L1800-E1900
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 5 % Zn, 3 % Pb, 0.5 % Cu, 5 Oz. Ag Per Ton, Trace Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1925
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SMALL, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulted And Folded
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): MINED FOR OXIDE ORE, LATE 1800'S; FOR SULFIDE ORE EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Deposit): LENSE OF PARTLY OXIDIZED ORE MINERALS IN PYROMETASOMATIC DEPOSIT
Comment (Workings): SHAFT OPERATIONS
Comment (Location): NOT LABELED AS ANNIE ON THE TOPO, BUT THE ONLY ADIT SYMBOL IN SECTION 3. THERE ARE SEVERAL MINES IN SECTION 3 (KEITH, 1975) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)
References
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ., ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 76
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