The Anchor Mine is a manganese and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,902 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: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.69417, -110.07194
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Anchor Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anchor Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Tombstone District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: North And Adjacent To E-W Trending Prompter Fault, South Edge Of Tombstone Basin, Deposit Is On Anchor Fault, N-S, 45e
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): RELATIVELY SMALL PRODUCTION AROUND 1916-1917.
Comment (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
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL AND SURFACE WORKINGS. TUNNEL IS 300 FT LONG AND FOLLOWS FAULT
Comment (Location): W CENTRAL SEC 14, UTM EST
Comment (Geology): MANGANESE MINERALIZATION OCCURRED AFTER MAIN IRON-LEAD-ZINC PHASE IN THE TOMBSTONE DISTRICT
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 73.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, WILSON, AND RASOR, ABM BULL 143
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.
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