The Bell Gilroy is a lead and silver mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,239 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,239 Feet (1,292 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.96167, -115.51417
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Bell Gilroy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bell Gilroy
Secondary: Belle Mcgilroy
Secondary: Lead Capping
Secondary: C & K.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Trojan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Production): ORE CONTAINED 6 - 12 % PB, 20 OZ AG/TON. IN 1949 , MATERIAL ON A DUMP AVERAGED 8 - 9 % PB, 18 - 19 TONS OF CONCENTRATE WAS SHIPPED. 1950'S, 50 TONS OF ORE FROM C & K MINE WAS SMELTED.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH A SILICIFIED BRECCIA ZONE, WIDTH RANGES FROM 400 - 600 FT, STRIKE NORTH, DIPS 30 - 40 E. PRINCIPAL ORE BODIES DEVELOPED AT INTERSECTIONS OF NORTH AND EAST STRIKING FAULTS.
Comment (Workings): FOUR ADITS, RANGE IN LENGTH FROM 65 - 300 FT., SMALL AMOUNT OF STOPING IN TWO OF THE ADITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 846
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1930 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 26TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 268 - 269
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A. ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 103 .
Reference (Production): WRIGHT, L. A. ETAL, 1953 , P. 103
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