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Copper Belle Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048113
MRDS ID M800131
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Belle Mine
Alternate or previous names Shannon, Leonard
Related records 10209490

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.82259, 31.73707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 1/2 MILE NE OF GLEESON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlaw Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019S 025E 32 SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation In Upper 100 Feet

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.82259, 31.73707
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Limestone Thrusted Over Rhyolite, Fault Dips 40 Deg. W. Limestone Dips 45 Deg. E
Type of structure Local
Structure description One Fault N-S, 65 S-E, Others E-W With Steep Dips

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSING
    Length 45.72M
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Carboniferous Limestone Along Contacts With Intrusive Quartz Monzonite Sills

Comments on the geologic information

  • THREE QUARTZ MONZONITE SILLS INTRUDE INTO THE LIMESTONE, AND MINERALIZATION IS PRESENT ON ALL THREE. SOME CONTACTS ARE BARREN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Turquoise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Shannon Mining Co., Subsidiary Of Illinois Zinc And Hydro Metals Corp.
    Home office Tombstone, AZ
    First year 1957

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 12192M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • STOPES AND DRIFTS APPROCH 10,000 FT ON 200 FOOT LEVEL, SIX LEVELS HAVE BEEN WORKED. WATER LEVEL WAS AT 230 FEET IN 1943. A 70 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT WAS USED AS WELL AS A 600 FOOT VERTICAL SHAFT

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED STILL BROS, A.J. HUTCHINSON, LEONARD COPPER CO. SHANNON CORP DRILLING TOOK PLACE UNTIL 1956, DOWN TO 600 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT 187, P. 81

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1927: GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 68-70.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES VARY IN WIDTH FROM 10 TO 60 FEET AND IN LENGTH FROM 50 TO 150 FEET. 9 PATENTED CLAIMS IN 1954.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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