The Banner Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,770 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: 3,770 Feet (1,149 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.88833, -111.28528
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Banner Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Banner Mine
Secondary: Olympia
Secondary: Hughes
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Papago District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1910
Time Period: 1880-1910
Material type: ORE AG PB
Description: Cp_Grade: ^60 Oz Ag/Ton, 40-50% Pb, 2% Cu, Minor Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1890
Discovery Method: 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
Form: TABULAR , LENTICULAR, STRANDED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Qtz-Ser-Pyr
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): OLYMPIA MINE IS 1 MILE S OF BANNER
Comment (Production): SPPORADIC PRODUCTION,CHLORIDERS PRODUCED HIGH GRADE SILVER-LEAD ORE IN LATE 1800'S TO EARLY 1900'S.
Comment (Deposit): PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS NOT AVAILABLE.
Comment (Workings): OLYMPIA MINE IS CONNECTED TO BANNER BY MINE SHAFT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AGE OF MINERALIZATION ASSUMED TO BE THAT OF THE GRANITE
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1922, U.S.G.S. BULL. 725 J.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D. ETAL, 1960, ARIZONA BU. MINES GEO MAP OF PIMA COUNTY.
Reference (Deposit): KRIEGER, M.H, 1973
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 132 .
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON F. L. RANSOME - U.S.G.S. BULL. 725J
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