Mine detail: Benton Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.3407, -110.69511

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Hornblendite,Granite
Associated type:	Hornblendite
Structure:	Small Fissures In Granite Dike Contain Lenses Of Limonite, Azurite, And Malachite
Alteration processes:	Sericitic Zone At Contact Of Quartz Monzonite And Granite Porphyry

References

MRDS	M001447
DEP	10026976
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ADMR, 1962, MOLYBDENUM PROSPECTS IN AZ.}{Deposit:: SIMONS, USGS MAP I-762.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.}{Production:: KEITH, 1975; ABM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A., Calder, Susan R.