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Jesse Bell Mine

Past Producer in Madera county in California, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10187742
MRDS ID W000370
MAS/MILS ID 0060390013
Record type Site
Current site name Jesse Bell Mine
Alternate or previous names Jesse Bell, Jesse Belle Mine
Related records 10067585

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.94878, 37.14054 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raymond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 S 018 E 24 NENENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.94878, 37.14054
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N13W
    Dip 85E
    Thickness 0M
    Length 26M
    Width 1M
    Depth to top 60M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N13W:85E
    Minimum Depth to Top 30
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 15
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 8
    Date of Last Modification 820518

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW LENTICULAR SHAPED COPPER BEARING ORE BODIES OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS IN A SHEAR ZONE IN AMPHIBOLITE SCHISTS. THE ZONE OF OXIDATION EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF 100 FEET, BELOW WHICH THE MINERALIZATION CONSISTS CHIEFLY OF CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE. THE SURFACE IS HIGHLY LEACHED AND THE COMMERCIAL SECONDARY ENRICHED ZONE EXTENDS FROM THE 25 TO 100 FOOT LEVELS. THE INDICATED THICKNESS OF ORE BODIES VARY FROM ONE TO SIX FEET AND PROBABLY AVERAGE ABOUT 3 FEET OTHER WIDELY SEPARATED ZONES ALONG THE STRIKE HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED BY SHAFTS AND TRENCHES, BUT ATTRACTIVE ORE BODIES WERE NOT DEVELOPED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Erma Daulton-Hatch And Hazel Daulton-Downey
    Home office California
    Year 1948
  • Type Operator
    Owner John E Sisson, William Hoff, Et. Al.
    Home office California
    Year 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 50, 1908, P. 452-453.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 144, 1948, P. 151-157.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9 SAMPLES TAKEN AVERAGED 0.22 PERCENT COBALT, 5.03 PERCENT COPPER, TRACE TO 0.11 OZ PER TON GOLD, AND 1.39 OZ PER TON SILVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAY-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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