| Deposit ID | 10048287 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800415 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bell and Pinkard Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Bell Group, Dover Copper Group Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.39926, 33.06927 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | 2.5 MILES WEST OF MORENCI AT THE MOUTH OF PINKARD GULCH., Used Blm District Sheet 841 And Usgs Professional Paper 43 (1905) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Greenlee(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Copperplate Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Greenlee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004S | 029E | 19 | N2 OF N2 OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Morenci Granite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Morenci Granite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Pinkard Sandstone And Shale;Longfellow Limestone |
| Rock description | Pinkard Sandstone And Shale;Longfellow Limestone |
| (1) | -109.39926, 33.06927 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Irregularly Jointed Porphyry Caused By Intrusive Action Rather Than By Faulting |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Principal Intrusions Occurred Parallel To Planes Of Sedimentation Which Dip 10-30 Sw |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1949 |
| Year of last production | 1951 |
| District name | Copper Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dover Copper Mining Co ; Principal Owner: W. V. Tiscornia |
| First year | 1957 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800415 |
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA, UNDER DOVER COPPER.
BLM DISTRICT SHEET 841.
USGS P 43, P. 292-298.
BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METRALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153 P.
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE, DOVER COPPER MINING CO.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BELL GROUP CLAIMS LOCATED ON OR NEAR THE ISABELLA VEIN. |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: DOVER COPPER GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-81 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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