Bennett Mine

The Bennett Mine is a copper mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,400 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: Bennett Mine

State:  Arizona

County:  Santa Cruz

Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 31.38278, -110.77861

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Bennett Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bennett Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Patagonia 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: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1914
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: STRINGERS, SHOOTS


Structure

Type: R
Description: E-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Quartz Monzonite

Type: L
Description: Quartz Monzonite Locally Intruded By Diorite And Granite Porphyry Containing Copper, Gold, And Some Molybdenite


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 58.000000+-5.000000
Age Young: Tertiary


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): ON THE SE SIDE OF PROVIDENCIA CANYON; 3/4 MILE NW OF BUENA VISTA MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Comment (Development): PRODUCTION DATA AVAILABLE FOR 1914 ONLY

Comment (Deposit): FAULT FISSURE IN QUARTZ MONZONITE; STRINGERS AND SHOOTS RANGE IN WIDTH FROM 1-4INCHES

Comment (Workings): SHORT TUNNEL DRIFT OFF OF 200-FT. DRIFT

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: BUENA VISTA MINE FOR GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL, 582, P. 313

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)

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH

Reference (Deposit): USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #22


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