| Deposit ID | 10026976 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M001447 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Benton Mine |
| Related records | 10184159 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.69511, 31.3407 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1585 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Cruz(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Duquesne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Santa Cruz |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 024S | 016E | 15 | NW OF SE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Result | 14% CU, $6-8/T AU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -110.69511, 31.3407 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Small Fissures In Granite Dike Contain Lenses Of Limonite, Azurite, And Malachite |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1882 |
| District name | Querces District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Coronado National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dennis Coughlin And Partners |
| First year | 1909 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 50.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M001447 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040230111 |
ABGMT FILE DATA.
ADMR, 1962, MOLYBDENUM PROSPECTS IN AZ.
SIMONS, USGS MAP I-762.
SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.
KEITH, 1975; ABM FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M001447 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1982 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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