Banks Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10039393
MRDS ID M050020
Record type Site
Current site name Banks Mine
Related records 10161286

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.05233, 32.06873 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 2.25 MILE SSE OF TOWN OF JOHNSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 016S 022E 01 S OF CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AVERAGE TUNGSTEN CONTENT LOW.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon
    Rock description Texas Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53

Nearby scientific data

(1) Paleozoic sedimentary rocks

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw. ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds And Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 43 TO 60 S
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 1219.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEINS UP TO 6 FT. WIDE IN QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTAIN TUNGSTEN. OTHER SMALLER EN ECHELON VEINS STRIKE N 10 TO 20 E. RICHEST ORE FOUND AT NORTHWARD BEND IN SMALLER VEINS 25 TO 50 FT. FROM MAIN VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL TONNAGE OF TUNGSTEN ORE PRODUCED DURING 1914-1917.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND 4 INCLINED SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS SINUOUS THICKEST AND RICHEST PARTS OF VEIN ARE AT BENDS. VEIN PINCHES OUT LOCALLY. ANOTHER VEIN 1800 FT. LONG, AS MUCH AS 6 FT. THICK STRIKES N45E DIPS 65 SE. AT NE PART OF VEIN, SMALL EN ECHELON VEINS STRIKE N 10 TO 20 E. AT SW PART OF VEIN, SMALL VEINS STRIKING N45E APPEAR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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