| Deposit ID | 10039471 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050133 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Big Banana Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Big Banana Nos. 1, 2, 3, Claims, Maud E Claim |
| Related records | 10186505 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.65653, 31.90873 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1128 |
| Relative position | WESTSIDE BABOQUIVARI MTNS; 1.5 MILES SE OF SAN JUAN SPRING. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
San Juan Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Simon Wash(hydrologic unit)
Rio Sonoyta(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sonora(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 017S | 007E | 32 | N OF CENTER | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Ali Molina Formation |
| Rock description | Ali Molina Formation |
| (1) | -111.65653, 31.90873 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mineralized Zone - S 15 E, 1000 Ft. Or More Long. |
| General form | EN ECHELON LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 TO 20 W |
| Dip | EAST |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1954 |
| Discoverer | Wm. H. Coplen |
| Year of first production | 1954 |
| Production years | D1=1954; D2-1955-56. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Overall length | 48.77M |
| Overall width | 10.67M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050133 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190118 |
DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: USBM R.I. 5650.
KEITH, S.B., 1974, ABM BULLETIN 189.
ABM FILE DATA.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5650.
1957 RECON USBM: RI 5650
CIMRI
DALE ETAL 1960, USBM RI5650.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS INFORMATION FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000785 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1972 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1975 | Elliot, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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