Banker Group

The Banker Group is a gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,402 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Banker Group

State:  Arizona

County:  Maricopa

Elevation: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 33.81639, -112.82000

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Banker Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Banker Group


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Vulture District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface


Ownership

Owner Name: J. B. Price
Home Office: Wickenburg
Years: 1938 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: R
Description: Porphyry D


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Geology): VEIN CUTS ACROSS DIKES WITHOUT INTERUPTION

Comment (Deposit): 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, IDLE IN 1936. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): METZGER, O.H., 1938, GOLD MINING AND MILLING IN THE WICKENBURG AREA, MARICOPA AND YAVAPI COUNTIES, ARIZ., USBM INF. CIRC. 6991


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