Bennett Mine, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia Mining District, Patagonia Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Bennett Mine | Mine |
| Providencia Canyon | Canyon |
| Patagonia Mining District | Mining District |
| Patagonia Mountains | Mountain Range |
| Santa Cruz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 22' 58'' North , 110° 46' 42'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kino Springs | 136 (2011) | 3.7km |
| Beyerville | 177 (2011) | 9.5km |
| Francisco Miguel Cárdenas Valdez (Mascareñas) | 541 (2014) | 12.1km |
| Nogales | 20,252 (2017) | 15.5km |
| Patagonia | 890 (2017) | 17.5km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Huachuca Mineral and Gem Club | Sierra Vista, Arizona | 49km |
‡Ref.: Schrader, F.C. & J.M. Hill (1915), Mineral deposits of the Santa Rita and Patagonia Mountains, Arizona, USGS Bull. 582: 313.
Simons, F.S. (1974) Geologic map and sections of the Nogales and Lochiel quadrangles, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-762, 9 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:48,000.
USGS Cumero Canyon Quadrangle topo map.
U.S. Bureau of Mines file data-cluster #22.
U.S. Bureau of Mines Coronado National Forest Study Report.
Arizona Bureau of Mines card file Santa Cruz County.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10109887, MRDS ID #M899914.
A former small underground Cu-Ag-Au-Zn-Mo-Pb mine located in the SW¼SE¼NE¼ sec. 35, T23S, R15E, ¼ mile SE of the Golden Rose Mine, ¾ mile NW of the Buena Vista Mine, 10 miles NE of Nogales, in the SE bank of Providencia Canyon, at an elevation of about 4,300 feet, on National Forest land. First produced 1914.
Mineralization involves an east-west fault fissure in quartz monzonite, which is intruded by diorite. The ore vein is 0.1 meters wide. The quartz vein is contained in the fissure and the ore occurs in fairly persistent stringers and shoots, ranging from 1 to 4 inches wide, and consists mainly of coarse massive pyrite and chalcopyrite freely banded with quartz. Ore concentration was secndary enrichment. Minor oxidation. An associated rock unit is the Comoro Canyon Granite.
Local structures include quartz monzonite locally intruded by dorite and granite porphyry containing Cu, Au and some Mo. E-W and NE-trending quartz veins and associated bands of crushed mineralized rock in fault fissures cutting quartz monzonite.
Workings include a 200 foot (60.96 meters) deep shaft and a short tunnel drift off of a 200 foot drift. Production data available for 1914 only.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10109887 |
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