| Deposit ID | 10027880 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M004325 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Bell Mine |
| Related records | 10283543 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.2413, 34.33949 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1326 |
| Relative position | 4 MILES S OF MAYER. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 11N | 001E | 34 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Model code | 184 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 28a |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| Mark3 model number | 93 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Iron King Volcanics |
| Rock description | Iron King Volcanics |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -112.2413, 34.33949 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanics Trends N20e To N30e |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 27 W |
| Dip | 70 SW |
| Plunge | 75 |
| Plunge direction | S |
| Thickness | 30.48M |
| Length | 487.68M |
| Width | 548.64M |
| Depth to bottom | 548.64M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1895 |
| Year of first production | 1896 |
| Year of last production | 1959 |
| District name | Mayer District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Prescott National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pronto Exploration Ltd. |
| Home office | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| First year | 1986 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mine Management Corp. |
| First year | 1975 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 9144M |
| Overall depth | 548.64M |
| Overall length | 1219.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M004325 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040250246 |
LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 143.
USGS GQ MAP GQ-997.
DEWITT, ED, 1976, UNPUB MS THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZ.
BLACET, 1968, UNPUB PHD THESIS, STANFORD.
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
ABGMT-USBM FILE DTA
ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.
NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
CIMRI
U.S.G.S. BULL. 782 , P. 143
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS COMPOSED OF A NUMBER OF SLIGHTLY OVERLAPPING MASSIVE SULFIDE LENSES AT OR NEAR A RHYOLITE-ANDESITE CONTACT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1981 | Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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