North Silver Bell Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039895
MRDS ID M051069
Record type Site
Current site name North Silver Bell Mine

Comments on the site identification

  • ******SEE Silver Bell Deposit ID 10161929 for more info

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.5332, 32.44094 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 MI NW OF SILVER BELL MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Bell West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011S 008E 28,32,33 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic, Variable Silicification

Analytical data

Result 1000 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.5332, 32.44094

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Abundant Close Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR OVAL ELONGATE NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • APPROX 1 SQ MI SURFACE OUTCROP OF LOW GRADE CU ORE, MOSTLY OF CHAL COCITE ENRICHMENT ON PYRITE WITH SOME OXIDE AND MOLYBDENITE SHOWINGS. HEMATITE IN GOSSAN (RATHER THAN JAROSITE OR GOETHITE) INDICATES CHALCO CITE BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Bell District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minerals Exploration (Union Oil) And Asarco

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN PRODUCTION, POSSIBLY NONE

Comments on the workings information

  • MISCELLANEOUS MINOR PITS AND SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANKS, 1976, FIELD EXAM

  • Deposit

    GUILBERT, 1979, SOC ECON GEOL PORPH CU FIELD SYMPOSIUM

  • Deposit

    BANKS & DOCKTER, 1976, USGS MF-793

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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