The North Silver Bell Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.44083, -111.53250
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North Silver Bell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Silver Bell Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Silver Bell District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Minerals Exploration (Union Oil) And Asarco
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Porphyry Cu
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
Model Name: Porphyry Cu
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR OVAL ELONGATE NW
Structure
Type: L
Description: Abundant Close Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic, Variable Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1000 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): UNKNOWN PRODUCTION, POSSIBLY NONE
Comment (Workings): MISCELLANEOUS MINOR PITS AND SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): 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
Comment (Identification): ******SEE Silver Bell Deposit ID 10161929 for more info
References
Reference (Deposit): BANKS & DOCKTER, 1976, USGS MF-793
Reference (Deposit): GUILBERT, 1979, SOC ECON GEOL PORPH CU FIELD SYMPOSIUM
Reference (Deposit): BANKS, 1976, FIELD EXAM
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