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Gold Bell Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodity Copper
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109628
MRDS ID M051220
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.37237, 32.71899 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casa Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 008S 009E 18,24 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Other: Hematite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.37237, 32.71899
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG N.E.
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 328.08M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault ?

Comments on the geologic information

  • GNEISS HAS A FOLIATION N-S, 16 DEG W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Picacho District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • A MODERATE SIZE DUMP. MILL FOOTINGS EVIDENT. THE DATE 1932 IS SCRATCHED IN A CONCRETE HEAD FRAME FOOTINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YEEND, W, FIELD EXAM, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS. SLICKENSIDES, FAULT GOUGE & BRECCIA ARE EVIDENT. SEVERAL SEPARATE COPPER-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS ARE IN THE AREA, ALL POSSESS THE SAME MINERALOGY AND ATTITUDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Yeend, Warren U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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