Silver Bell Prospect

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc, Manganese
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037133
MRDS ID M030564
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell Prospect
Alternate or previous names Silver Bell Claims, Ella Shaft
Related records 10185444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.42286, 32.18901 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bowie Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 029E 29,30 CENTER OF (30) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wollastonization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ACROSS 1 M ASSAYED 0.09% WO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Naco Group
    Rock description Naco Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.42286, 32.18901

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N72-82E
    Dip 80-85S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Apache Pass District; Teviston District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 50M

Comments on development

  • LOCATED IN 1910 OR 1911 FOR GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOUG SILVER, UNPUBLISHED DATA, SEE UNIV AZ MS THESIS 1980-81

  • Deposit

    DALE, V.B., STEWART, L.A., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1960, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION RI-5650, P. 22-23.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN CONTACT METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE.
Deposit THIS REPORT WAS MODIFIED FROM RECORD M030564 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS. THIS RECORD ALSO CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D011805 OF CLINT SEANOR WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) 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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