Bettylee Mine

Past Producer in Yuma county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Uranium
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  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 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

Geographic coordinates: -113.99549, 32.50787 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position 19 MILES S OF WELLTON

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011S 017W 02 NW4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.99549, 32.50787

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike S52E
    Dip 90
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Quartz Vein Occupies A Fissure That Strikes S52e, And Dips Nearly 90 Degrees

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Frisco District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Swenson, Copper, And Mcintosh
    First year 1933

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Period 1910-1939
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2% Cu, 0.3 Oz Au/Ton, 1.4 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 40g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 8g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • A LITTLE GOLD-COPPER ORE AVERAGING $12.50 PER TON WAS SHIPPED IN 1913

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 213.36M
    Overall length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT AND TUNNELS ON 7 LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 166

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 160

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, S.B., 1978.

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

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.