Annie Laurie Prospect

The Annie Laurie Prospect is a zinc and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,999 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

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Site Name

Primary: Annie Laurie Prospect
Secondary: Annie Laurie Claims

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Travertine

Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Oro Blanco 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

Owner Name: J. H. Bright, Jr.
Years: 1951 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1948
Discovery Method: 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: R
Description: Block Faulting

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Chloritization (?)

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SELECTED DUMP MATERIAL ASSAYED AS HIGH AS 0.79% U.
Analytical Data: PIT SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.010 AND 0.015 PERCENT U

Materials

Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Travertine
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS IN FISSURE ZONE BETWEEN PORPHYRY AND SEDIMENTS. TRAVERTINE SHOWS WEAK RADIOACTIVITY. PITCHBLENDE AND SULFIDE MINERALS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED BY HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS CIRCULATING ALONG FAULT FISSURES. PURPLE FLUORSPAR FORMS STRINGERS WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE.

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PROSPECT OPERATIONS IN 1948-1955. SEVERAL PITS FOR URANIUM EXPLORATION; ONE FLOODED ADIT FOR SULFIDE EXPLORATION.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SECONDARY URANIUM DEPOSITED IN CALCAREOUS TUFA FROM LEACHING OF BRECCIA AND GROUND WATER MOVEMENT ALONG N 60 W FAULT SYSTEM.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): SOME MATERIAL SHIPPED FOR TESTING BUT NO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1948 - 49 FOR URANIUM - EARLIER FOR SULFIDES.

References

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, R.J., 1951, ANNIE LAURIE PROSPECT: OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE, U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, DIVISION OF RAW MATERIAL REPORT 677, TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE.

Reference (Deposit): 1951 GEOCHEM USAEC - RMO-677

Reference (Deposit): 1954 RECON USGS BULL 1147 A - MAPS , ANALYSIS.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, R.Y., AND KURTZ, E.B., JR., 1955, BIOGEOCHEMICAL RECONN. OF ANNIE LAURIE PROSPECT: ECON. GEOL. V. 50, NO. 2.

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ., ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 191, P. 62.

Reference (Deposit): MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976.

Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 352.

Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, H.C., AND RAUP, R.B., 1962, URANIUM DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA: USGS BULL. 1147 - A.

Reference (Deposit): KNIGHT, L.H., JR. 1970, ORO BLANCO DISTRICT: UNIV. ARIZ. PH.D. THESIS.

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