Bell Gilroy

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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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.

Mine Info

Name: Bell Gilroy  

State:  California

County:  San Bernardino

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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