Bennett Mine

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

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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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