Mine detail: Anita Copper Deposit

Previously called 'RudyEmeraldBlue Bonnet'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.87308, -112.25464

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Uranium, Iron, Silver
Ore:	Limonite, Malachite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1907
Last production ended:	1956

Geology

Host rock:	Host Rock Is Referred To As Kaibab Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Nw Trending Fault With Vertical Dip Cuts Mineralizedarea.
Alteration processes:	Limonite Is Pseudomorphed After Pyrite

References

MRDS	M002913
DEP	10102475
Reference	{Deposit:: GIBSON, R., 1951 , PRELIMINARY RECONNAISANCE REPORT RG - 34 ; USAEC RME-155 , P. 68 .}{Deposit:: PIERCE, WESLEY H., 1970 , COAL, OIL, NATURAL GAS, HELIUM AND URANIUM IN ARIZONA: ABM BULL. 182 , P. 250 .}{Deposit:: USGS MINERALS YEARBOOK 1902 - 1967 .}{Production:: REF. #3}
Reporter	Bright, Daniel (Creasey, S.C.)