Banner Mine

The Banner Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Mohave county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 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

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Site Name

Primary: Banner Mine
Secondary: Star Spangled Banner

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Arizona
County: Mohave
District: Wallapai 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Cerbat Mining And Milling Co.
Years: 1962 -

Owner Name: Reed And Reed
Years: 1952 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
Year Last Production: 1952
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

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally

Type: L
Description: Schistosity Trends N 30 E, Nw

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Bornite

Comments

Comment (Development): 6 ADJACENT CLAIMS: STAR STANGLE BANNER, INFALLIBLE, WINCHESTER; FORMERLY PART OF A GROUP OF MINES KNOWN AS THE STOCKTON HILL MINES OPERATED BY ARIZONA BUTTE MINES CO; OTHER PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE ARIZONA-MEXICAN MINING AND SMELTING CO (1909), COMSTOCK SILVER, FRANK HODGE, H.M. CROWTHER, NEEDLES MINING AND SMELTING CO, REED BROTHERS, U.S. SMELTING

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY 60 - 80 FT. DIAMETER

Comment (Workings): 1600 FT ADIT AND DRIFT CONNECTED TO 250 FT WINZE; WORKINGS ARE BANNER SHAFT, INFALLIBLE TUNNEL; ADIT CROSSCUT PUT IN BY REED BROTHERS CONNECTS BANNER MINE TO FOUNTAINHEAD MINE

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, P.C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 340, 1907, P. 69

Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E, P. 147

Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M.C., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

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