The Banks Mine is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.06861, -110.05167
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Banks Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Banks Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Production): A SMALL TONNAGE OF TUNGSTEN ORE PRODUCED DURING 1914-1917.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): AVERAGE TUNGSTEN CONTENT LOW.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS SINUOUS THICKEST AND RICHEST PARTS OF VEIN ARE AT BENDS. VEIN PINCHES OUT LOCALLY. ANOTHER VEIN 1800 FT. LONG, AS MUCH AS 6 FT. THICK STRIKES N45E DIPS 65 SE. AT NE PART OF VEIN, SMALL EN ECHELON VEINS STRIKE N 10 TO 20 E. AT SW PART OF VEIN, SMALL VEINS STRIKING N45E APPEAR.
Comment (Workings): PITS AND 4 INCLINED SHAFTS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 6 FT. WIDE IN QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTAIN TUNGSTEN. OTHER SMALLER EN ECHELON VEINS STRIKE N 10 TO 20 E. RICHEST ORE FOUND AT NORTHWARD BEND IN SMALLER VEINS 25 TO 50 FT. FROM MAIN VEIN.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 55.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416
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