Arizona · Santa Cruz County
Occurrence

Benton Mine

Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States
CopperMolybdenumGold
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Molybdenum, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlOre Minerals Disseminated In 60 Ft N-S Trending Granite Porphyry Dike Cutting Quartz Monzonite Country Rock
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockHornblendite,Granite
Associated rockHornblendite
StructureSmall Fissures In Granite Dike Contain Lenses Of Limonite, Azurite, And Malachite
AlterationSericitic Zone At Contact Of Quartz Monzonite And Granite Porphyry
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1882
Identification
Deposit ID10026976
MRDS IDM001447
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.3407, -110.69511
References
ABGMT FILE DATA.ADMR, 1962, MOLYBDENUM PROSPECTS IN AZ.SIMONS, USGS MAP I-762.SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582.KEITH, 1975; ABM FILE DATA