Copper Belle Mine

The Copper Belle Mine is a copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,902 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Belle Mine
Secondary: Shannon
Secondary: Leonard

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Turquoise District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Shannon Mining Co., Subsidiary Of Illinois Zinc And Hydro Metals Corp.
Home Office: Tombstone, AZ
Years: 1957 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR, LENSING

Structure

Type: R
Description: Limestone Thrusted Over Rhyolite, Fault Dips 40 Deg. W. Limestone Dips 45 Deg. E

Type: L
Description: One Fault N-S, 65 S-E, Others E-W With Steep Dips

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation In Upper 100 Feet

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED STILL BROS, A.J. HUTCHINSON, LEONARD COPPER CO. SHANNON CORP DRILLING TOOK PLACE UNTIL 1956, DOWN TO 600 FEET.

Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES VARY IN WIDTH FROM 10 TO 60 FEET AND IN LENGTH FROM 50 TO 150 FEET. 9 PATENTED CLAIMS IN 1954.

Comment (Workings): STOPES AND DRIFTS APPROCH 10,000 FT ON 200 FOOT LEVEL, SIX LEVELS HAVE BEEN WORKED. WATER LEVEL WAS AT 230 FEET IN 1943. A 70 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT WAS USED AS WELL AS A 600 FOOT VERTICAL SHAFT

Comment (Geology): THREE QUARTZ MONZONITE SILLS INTRUDE INTO THE LIMESTONE, AND MINERALIZATION IS PRESENT ON ALL THREE. SOME CONTACTS ARE BARREN.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT 187, P. 81

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1927: GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 68-70.

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