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Banner Mine

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027727
MRDS ID M003980
Record type Site
Current site name Banner Mine
Alternate or previous names Star Spangled Banner
Related records 10210291

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.10552, 35.31919 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position AT STOCKTON, 3 MILES NE OF CERBAT , ABOUT 1.3 MILES N OF SILVER MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stockton Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022N 017W 04,09 SW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.10552, 35.31919
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Prec Schistosity N30e, Lcret Veins, Fissures, Dikes Nw To Nnw Regionally
Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity Trends N 30 E, Nw

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 W
    Dip 80 NE
    Width 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY INTRUSION, LCRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1952
Production years 1901 - 1948

Mining district

District name Wallapai District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Reed And Reed
    First year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cerbat Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1600 FT ADIT AND DRIFT CONNECTED TO 250 FT WINZE; WORKINGS ARE BANNER SHAFT, INFALLIBLE TUNNEL; ADIT CROSSCUT PUT IN BY REED BROTHERS CONNECTS BANNER MINE TO FOUNTAINHEAD MINE

Comments on development

  • 6 ADJACENT CLAIMS: STAR STANGLE BANNER, INFALLIBLE, WINCHESTER; FORMERLY PART OF A GROUP OF MINES KNOWN AS THE STOCKTON HILL MINES OPERATED BY ARIZONA BUTTE MINES CO; OTHER PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDE ARIZONA-MEXICAN MINING AND SMELTING CO (1909), COMSTOCK SILVER, FRANK HODGE, H.M. CROWTHER, NEEDLES MINING AND SMELTING CO, REED BROTHERS, U.S. SMELTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    DINGS, M.C., 1951 , THE WALLAPAI MINING DISTRICT, CERBAT MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, P.C., 1909 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CERBAT RANGE, BLACK MOUNTAINS, AND GRAND WASH CLIFFS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 397

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 340, 1907, P. 69

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 978-E, P. 147

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY 60 - 80 FT. DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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