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Bell Gilroy

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077225
MRDS ID W024731
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Gilroy
Alternate or previous names Belle Mcgilroy, Lead Capping, C & K.
Related records 10286343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.515, 34.96169 (WGS84)
Elevation 1292
Relative position 22 MILES NW OF FENNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fountain Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 010N 014E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.515, 34.96169
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1913 , 1946 , 1949 - 1950

Mining district

District name Trojan

Comments on the production information

  • ORE CONTAINED 6 - 12 % PB, 20 OZ AG/TON. IN 1949 , MATERIAL ON A DUMP AVERAGED 8 - 9 % PB, 18 - 19 TONS OF CONCENTRATE WAS SHIPPED. 1950'S, 50 TONS OF ORE FROM C & K MINE WAS SMELTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR ADITS, RANGE IN LENGTH FROM 65 - 300 FT., SMALL AMOUNT OF STOPING IN TWO OF THE ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 846

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1930 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 26TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 268 - 269

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A. ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 103 .

  • Production

    WRIGHT, L. A. ETAL, 1953 , P. 103

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH A SILICIFIED BRECCIA ZONE, WIDTH RANGES FROM 400 - 600 FT, STRIKE NORTH, DIPS 30 - 40 E. PRINCIPAL ORE BODIES DEVELOPED AT INTERSECTIONS OF NORTH AND EAST STRIKING FAULTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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