Blue Bell-Jubilee Occurrence

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027176
MRDS ID M002378
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell-Jubilee Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24546, 34.32783 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 5 MILES S OF MAYER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cleator(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011N 001E 15,22 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • OCCURS FROM BLUE BELL TO JUBILEE MINES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1961 SAMPLE: 29 % FE, 0.9 % MN, 0.6 % TITANIA, 0.1 % P, 0.11 % S, 52.4 % SILICA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24546, 34.32783

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR BAND
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 75 NW
    Length 3218.6M
    Width 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCURS WITHIN AMPHIBOLITIC TUFF, AGGLOMERATE, QUARTZITE, GRAYWACKE, AND ARGILLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mayer District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARRER, C.M., 1964 , RECONNAISSANCE OF IRON RESOURCES IN ARIZONA: U.S.B.M. INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8236 , P. 103

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1982 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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