The Big Banana Mine is a tungsten mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,701 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: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 31.90861, -111.65583
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Big Banana Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Banana Mine
Secondary: Big Banana Nos. 1, 2, 3, Claims
Secondary: Maud E Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1954
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: EN ECHELON LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mineralized Zone - S 15 E, 1000 Ft. Or More Long.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration Has Affected Scheelite Lenses
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED; TOWNSHIP, RANGE, AND SECTION ARE PROJECTED; LOCATIONS FROM MAP BY USBM.
Comment (Production): MINE WAS STILL PRODUCING IN 1957. (8) KEITH, S.B., 1974
Comment (Development): REPORT CONTAINS MUCH SPECIFIC DATA ON ASSAYS OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF ORE BODIES.
Comment (Workings): 3 MAIN ADITS: LOWER CUT PRODUCED SOME ORE; MIDDLE CUT PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE ORE; UPPER CUT PRODUCED ORE IN 1957; MAIN ADIT WHICH WAS LOWEST WAS MOSTLY IN BARREN ROCK.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000785 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5650.
Reference (Deposit): 1957 RECON USBM: RI 5650
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): DALE ETAL 1960, USBM RI5650.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, ABM BULLETIN 189.
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: USBM R.I. 5650.
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