The Bettylee Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,299 Feet (396 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.50778, -113.99472
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Bettylee Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bettylee Mine
Secondary: Arizona Consolidated Grp.
Secondary: Frisco
Secondary: Ella J.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Frisco District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Swenson, Copper, And Mcintosh
Years: 1933 -
Production
Year: 1939
Time Period: 1910-1939
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2% Cu, 0.3 Oz Au/Ton, 1.4 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE
Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN VEINLETS AND AS COATINGS ALONG A FISSURE ZONE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT AND TUNNELS ON 7 LEVELS.
Comment (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
Comment (Production): A LITTLE GOLD-COPPER ORE AVERAGING $12.50 PER TON WAS SHIPPED IN 1913
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 166
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 160
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, S.B., 1978.
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