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Jesse Benton Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046299
MRDS ID M241200
Record type Site
Current site name Jesse Benton Mine
Alternate or previous names Arizona Western Mining, Apache, Jesse Bentan, Easter Vein
Related records 10161708

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.05708, 32.59871 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position 1 MILE NW OF TORTILLA BUTTE, ELEVATION 4273, IN GUILD WASH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tortolita Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 012E 1 NE OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF GROUP OF ADITS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Qtz-Dol-Chlorite

Analytical data

Result 1970 ORE: 0.21 OZ/T AU, 52 OZ/T AG, 0.31% CU. EASTER VEIN: 17-160 OZ/T AG, 0.3% CU
Result 82 OZ/T AG, 7% PB, 0.005 OZ/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.05708, 32.59871
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60-85E
    Dip 50-65 SE
    Length 762M
    Width 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Andesite And Granite, Or A Dike And Granite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADMR REPORTS ANDESITE, MF-864 SHOWS DACITE DIKES IN GENERAL AREA BUT NOT AT THE MINE SITE. TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS OVERLIE PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE BOTH N AND S OF MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1970

Mining district

District name Owl Head District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arizona Western Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ewing, William R.
    First year 1973

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.21 Oz/T Au, 52 Oz/T Ag, 0.31% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 1468g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 6g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE DEEP SHAFT STILL OPEN; SHALLOW SHAFTS; PROSPECT PIT 30-50 FT.

Comments on development

  • PRODUCED IN 1880'S, IN 1892 CAPTAIN JEFFORDS GAVE CLAIMS TO COUNT MORAJESKE. OTHER OWNERS INCLUDED OWL HEAD MINING COMPANY AND WM. CLARK. INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION UNTIL 1970.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ADMR JESSE BENTON MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    BANKS, N. G., FIELD EXAM, 1976

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MF-864,1977

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIGHT TO MODERATE QUARTZ VEINING WITH TRACES OF CHALCOPYRITE AND LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS OF GALENA. ORE DUMPS OF DEEPER SHAFTS HAVE MODERATE GALENA AND PYRITE WITH MINOR CHALCOPYRITE.
Deposit APACHE IS A SYNONYM, HOWEVER THE APACHE CLAIMS ARE 3 TO 4 MILES W IN OWL HEAD BUTTES. THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD M051184 OF NORMAN G. BANKS WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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