Mine detail: Big Banana Mine

Previously called 'Big Banana Nos. 1, 2, 3, ClaimsMaud E Claim'

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Location: Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.90873, -111.65653
dep_id: 10039471
mrds_id: M050133
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Trace mineral: Copper, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Molybdenite, Pyrite
gangue: Epidote, Garnet
other_matl: Fluorite
orebody_fm: EN ECHELON LENSES
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Hydrothermal Alteration Has Affected Scheelite Lenses
ore_ctrl: Tensional Shears In Major Northwest Striking Fault Zone.
Reporter: Johnson, Maureen G., Elliot, James E., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Ali Molina Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Mineralized Zone - S 15 E, 1000 Ft. Or More Long.
tectonic: Basin And Range.
Year first produced: 1954
disc_yr: 1954
prod_yrs: D1=1954; D2-1955-56.
discr: Wm. H. Coplen
References:
  • Deposit:: DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA, AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: USBM R.I. 5650.
  • Deposit:: KEITH, S.B., 1974, ABM BULLETIN 189.
  • Deposit:: ABM FILE DATA.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
  • Deposit:: DALE, STEWART, AND MCKINNEY, 1960, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF COCHISE, PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 5650.
  • Deposit:: 1957 RECON USBM: RI 5650
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: DALE ETAL 1960, USBM RI5650.
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