Blue Bell Group

Past Producer in Mohave county in Arizona, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Bismuth
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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102543
MRDS ID M003906
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell Group
Alternate or previous names Tripod, Nello, Tungsten Queen
Related records 10234444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.8369, 35.05753 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MI SE OF DEAN PEAK, IN JACKMAN WASH, Location Is General For The Group

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mohave(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dean Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Valentine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Williams(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Mohave

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019N;020N 015W;015W 01,02,12;36 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Stain & Coarse Flaky Sericite

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATE OF 5% W FOR SOME ORE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8369, 35.05753

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW BANDS, SMALL CRYSTALLINE MASSES
    Strike N30W
    Dip 75SW
    Length 182.88M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins In N25-30w 70-75sw Fissures With A Minor System Striking N Wi Th Nearly Vertical Dip

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Maynard District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kay, Harrison, And Lewis
    First year 1951

Comments on development

  • ALSO WORKED BY BLEVINS & MADDOX (1940'S) AND RAY & JENSEN RESSLER (1940'S)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE, 1961, USBM IC 8078

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Production

    DALE, 1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M003906 WITH RE CORD M030377 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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

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