| Deposit ID | 10027218 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002516 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bettylee Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Arizona Consolidated Grp., Frisco, Ella J. |
| Related records | 10259193 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.99549, 32.50787 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 396 |
| Relative position | 19 MILES S OF WELLTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yuma(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mohawk SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dateland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
USAF(Federal land areas administered by USAF)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yuma |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 011S | 017W | 02 | NW4 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -113.99549, 32.50787 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | S52E |
| Dip | 90 |
| Width | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Frisco District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Swenson, Copper, And Mcintosh |
| First year | 1933 |
| Year | 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1910-1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^2% Cu, 0.3 Oz Au/Ton, 1.4 Oz Ag/Ton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 30.48M |
| Overall depth | 213.36M |
| Overall length | 609.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002516 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040270199 |
WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 166
KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 160
CIMRI
KEITH, S.B., 1978.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN VEINLETS AND AS COATINGS ALONG A FISSURE ZONE. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD M030306, BY WILT AND PETERSON, THAT HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1979 | Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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