Blue Bell Mine and Quarry

Past Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Silica, Silver, Stone, Dimension
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10283543
MRDS ID M004325
MAS/MILS ID 0040250246
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell Mine and Quarry
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims 1528, Blue Coat Vein, Blue Buck Claim
Related records 10027880

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.24184, 34.33975 (WGS84)
Elevation 1326
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 011+N 001 E 34 NE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Iron Secondary
Silica Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Stone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.24184, 34.33975

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sherwood B Owens
    Interest 4
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO EZSENW,EZNESW,SESW,AND NWSE OF SEC.34

  • Deposit

    ANDERSONC A PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS-CORDES AREA USGS BULL 1345

  • Deposit

    USGS CLEATOR QUAD

  • Deposit

    BIG BUG MINING DIST.CLAIM MAP

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAI MAGAZINE MARCH 1918 P 4-6

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEET 12

  • Deposit

    ADMR BLUE BELL MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN W ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AND BRADSHAW MTS QUADS

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782 1926 P 143- 145

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.