The Annie Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 850 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 850 Feet (259 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.00528, -114.34500
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Annie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Annie Mine
Secondary: Anna
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Castle Dome District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1929
Time Period: 1920-1929
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^60% Pb, 36 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au, Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: A Diorite Porphyry Dike, Approximately 150 Feet Wide, Trends South-Southwest And, Near Its Eastern Margin, Is Cut By A Steeply Northwestward-Dipping Fault Zone That Strikes S15w.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 12% ZN, NOT RECOVERED.
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SPOTTY, PARTIALLY OXIDIZED MINERALIZATION IN A BARITE GANGUE.
Comment (Production): ACCORDING TO THE U.S. MINERAL RESOURCES, SOME ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE IN 1924 AND 1926. FEW TENS OF TONS IN 1920'S
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY DEVELOPED BY A 300 FOOT TUNNEL
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE YUMA TEST STATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; 1951; ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 114.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 158, P. 114 (8) KEITH, S.B., 1978
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 117.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 76.
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