The Bender Mine is a manganese mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,600 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
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 31.44944, -110.71667
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Bender Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bender Mine
Secondary: San Fernando
Secondary: Fernando
Secondary: Mina Prieta Group
Secondary: Black Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Harshaw 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Herman Bender, Patagonia, Arizona ; Grover Marsteller
Years: 1941 -
Owner Name: Optioned To G. T. Humphries,
Home Office: Tucson, Az
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Year Last Production: 1959
Discovery Year: 1875
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Limestone Forms An Uneven Band As Much As 80 Ft Wide, Bounded On N And E By Volcanic Rocks, And S And W By Unaltered Limestone; Irregular Zone Containing Manganese Occurs Between This Band And The Unaltered Limestone
Type: R
Description: Silicic Lavas And Flow Breccias With Subordinate Silicic Tuffs And Smaller Bodies Of Limestone Conglomerate
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Permian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.6% CACO3
Analytical Data: 0.42% ZN, 0.06% CU
Analytical Data: 0.14% PB
Analytical Data: 20 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: SAMPLES AVERAGED 10-20% MN AND AS MUCH AS 40% MN
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Wad
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON NE SLOPE OF AMERICAN PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Commodity): OTHER MINERALS INCLUDE "BLACK CALCITE" (CALCITE CONTAINING FINELY DISSEMINATED MANGANESE MINERALS
Comment (Production): PROPERTY OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1952 AND 1955, PRODUCING 3892 L TONS OF 20.1% MN
Comment (Development): OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED AMERICAN MINERALS CHEMICAL CO. PATAGONIA METAL CO, SOUTHWEST METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES, KARL PETERSON, ALFREDO VALENZUELA, MARSTELLER, CLEVELAND, BEYERLE, STILL BROTHERS MINING CO, PROPERTY COMPRISES 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, CLAIMS WERE PROSPECTED AND MINED FOR SILVER AS EARLY AS 1880
Comment (Deposit): PODLIKE AND IRREGULAR ORE BODIES ARE SEVERAL TENS OF FT IN GREATEST DIMENSION. DEPOSITS ARE ORIENTED IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND ARE SEPARATED BY VARIOUS-SIZE BODIES OF LEAN OR BARREN LIMESTONE; SHORT DISCONNECTED LENSES RANGE FROM 1-3 FT IN WIDTH; ORE IS HARD AND DENSE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED 2 30-FT SHAFTS, ADIT OF UNKNOWN LENGTH, OPEN-CUTS ALONG NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN MARGINS OF MINERALIZED ZONE (CUTS ARE 10-40 FT LONG, 6-30 FT WIDE, UP TO 25 FT DEEP AND OCCUPY AREA ABOUT 180 FT LONG AND 60 FT WIDE); ADIT WORKINGS CONSIST OF MORE THAN 1000 FT OF CROOKED DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, 100-FT-DEEP WINZE AND VA RIOUS SUBLEVELS, 2 RAISES EXTENDING TO SURFACE
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Geology): RHYOLITE IS LOCALLY HIGHLY ALTERED TO SERICITE, EPIDOTE, CARBONATE, AND CHLORITE
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO BLACK EAGLE MINE( ALSO OWNED BY MARSTELLER) FOR GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORES, RICHARD C., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A PORTION OF THE HARSHAW DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; M.S. THESIS, UNIVERITY OF ARIZONA, P. 75
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, BENDER PROPERTY
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., AND C.W. DELONG, 1961, MANGANESE, DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7990, P. 165-168
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S., 1972, MESOZOIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING AREAS, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 658-E, P. 8-9
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, MINA PRIETA
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, STANTON B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 191, P.56
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STASNTON B. KEITH
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762 (1:48000)
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