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