Mine detail: Bennett Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

31.38292, -110.77929

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	STRINGERS, SHOOTS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1914

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Comoro Canyon Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	E-W And Ne Trending Quartz Veins And Associated Bands Of Crushed Mineralized Rock In Fault Fissures Cutting Quartz Monzonite, Quartz Monzonite Locally Intruded By Diorite And Granite Porphyry Containing Copper, Gold, And Some Molybdenite
Alteration processes:	Minor Oxidation

References

MRDS	M899914
DEP	10109887
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #22}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1915, USGS BULL, 582, P. 313}{Deposit:: SIMONS, FRANK S. 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE NOGALES AND LOCHIEL QUADRANGLES, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; USGS MAP I-762(1:48000)}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH}
Reporter	Laraba, Peter (Calder, Susan)