Mine detail: Anderson Prospect

Previously called 'Conglomerate'

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Location: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.73013, -110.76735
dep_id: 10039599
mrds_id: M050402
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Minor mineral: Silver
Trace mineral: Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation Extends To Bottom Of 50-Ft Shaft
ore_ctrl: Ore Occurs In Pockets And Small Boulders Scattered Through The Shear Zone
Reporter: Keith, William J., Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo)
hrock_unit: Epitaph Dolomite (Upper Member)
hrock_type: Diorite,Limestone
arock_unit: Granodiorite-Precamb. 1450 +-10my Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Homoclinal ; Reg.Trends: Tilting And Broad Open Folds In S And Extensive Faulting In N., Thrust And Normal Faulting - Shear Zones.
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1915
prod_yrs: PRIOR TO FEB. 1936
References:
  • Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582
  • Deposit:: DREWES, H. 1971, U.S.G.S. MAP I 614 (MT. WRIGHTSON QUAD)
  • Deposit:: ELSING, M.J. 1936, ARIZ. BU. MINES ECON. SER. 19, BULL. 140
  • Deposit:: 1909 RECON F.C. SCHRADER, U.S.G.S. BULL. 582
  • Deposit:: 1971 GEOLMAP H. DREWES, U.S.G.S. MAP I-614
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