Banks Mine, Cochise Mining District, Cochise County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Banks Mine | Mine |
| Cochise Mining District | Mining District |
| Cochise County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 4' 5'' North , 110° 3' 6'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Dragoon | 209 (2011) | 4.6km |
| Saint David | 1,699 (2011) | 23.8km |
| Benson | 4,888 (2017) | 25.5km |
| Willcox | 3,552 (2017) | 29.1km |
| Whetstone | 2,617 (2011) | 30.0km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sunsites Gem and Mineral Club | Pearce, Arizona | 28km |
Mindat Locality ID:
32277
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:32277:4
GUID (UUID V4):
cd045ff7-11ef-4e3c-ba26-4bc229cb1908
A former small surface and underground W-Fluorspar-Cu-Pb-Zn mine located in the southern central portion of sec. 1, T.16S., R.22E, 2¼ miles SSE of the town of Johnson, on private land.
Mineralization is a vein deposit with hübnerite, scheelite, fluorite, and minor base metal sulfides in a large sinuous quartz vein in altered Laramide Texas Canyon Quartz Monzonite. The ore zone is 1,219.2 meters long and 1.22 meters thick, strikes N70E and dips 43 to 60S. Ore control was quartz veins. The average tungsten content is low. The thickest and richest parts of the vein are at bends. The vein pinches out locally. Another vein is 1,800 feet long, and as much as 6 feet thick. It strikes N45E and dips 65SE. At the NE part of the vein, small en echelon veins strike N10 TO 20E; at the SW part of the vein, small veins striking N45E appear.
Local structures include Tertiary block faulting trending NW. Regionally, Late Cretaceous or Early Tertiary N- to NW-trending folds and thrust faults override to the NE.
Workings include surface workings (pits) and 4 inclined shafts to a depth of 30.48 meters. A small tonnage of tungsten ore was produced during 1914-1917.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
| ⓘ Hübnerite Formula: MnWO4 |
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hübnerite | 4.DB.30 | MnWO4 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Hübnerite | MnWO4 |
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Hübnerite | MnWO4 |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Hübnerite | MnWO4 |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10039393 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Pedregosa BasinBasin
USA
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- Little Dragoon MountainsMountain Range
- Cochise County
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