The Benton Mine is a copper, molybdenum, and gold mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Molybdenum, Gold
Lat, Long: 31.34056, -110.69444
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Benton Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Benton Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Querces 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.
Administrative Organization: Coronado National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dennis Coughlin And Partners
Years: 1909 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Small Fissures In Granite Dike Contain Lenses Of Limonite, Azurite, And Malachite
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic Zone At Contact Of Quartz Monzonite And Granite Porphyry
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 14% CU, $6-8/T AU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Production): NO KNOWN PRODUCTION
Comment (Development): FIRST CLAIM LOCATED IN JANUARY 1908; 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M001447 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): LOW GRADE ORE BODY AVERAGES 2% CU ON E SIDE OF DIKE; OXIDIZED AREA OF DIKE SHOWS MALACHITE, AZURITE AVERAGING 14% CU, $6-8/T AU
Comment (Location): SAN ANTONIO CANYON, PATAGONIA MTS. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ADMR, 1962, MOLYBDENUM PROSPECTS IN AZ.
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, USGS MAP I-762.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1975; ABM FILE DATA
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