Anita Copper Deposit

The Anita Copper Deposit is a copper mine located in Coconino county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Anita Copper Deposit

State:  Arizona

County:  Coconino

Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 35.87306, -112.25389

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Anita Copper Deposit MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Anita Copper Deposit
Secondary: Rudy
Secondary: Emerald
Secondary: Blue Bonnet


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Coconino
District: Francis District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1956
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Grand Canyon Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Fault With Vertical Dip Cuts Mineralizedarea.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite Is Pseudomorphed After Pyrite


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE ASSAYED IN 1923 AS 25 % CU AND 3 OZ. AG PER TON.


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Location): NO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE PRINTED FOR MINE AREA

Comment (Commodity): VERY WEAK RADIOACTIVITY NOTED

Comment (Production): ITEM #2 : 390 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING AG AND CU.

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED WILLIAM H LOCKRIDGE, ANITA COPPERCOMPANT, CONSOLIDATED ARIZONA CO, ARIZONA GIANT MINING CO.

Comment (Workings): OLD COPPER WORKINGS WITH SOME OPEN CUTS


References

Reference (Production): REF. #3

Reference (Deposit): GIBSON, R., 1951 , PRELIMINARY RECONNAISANCE REPORT RG - 34 ; USAEC RME-155 , P. 68 .

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

Reference (Deposit): USGS MINERALS YEARBOOK 1902 - 1967 .


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