The Jesse Bell is a copper mine located in Madera county, California at an elevation of 600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 600 Feet (183 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 37.1406, -119.94780
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Jesse Bell MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jesse Bell
Secondary: Jesse Belle Mine
Secondary: Jesse Bell Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Madera
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John E Sisson, William Hoff, Et. Al.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1943
Owner Name: Erma Daulton-Hatch And Hazel Daulton-Downey
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1948
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 9 SAMPLES TAKEN AVERAGED 0.22 PERCENT COBALT, 5.03 PERCENT COPPER, TRACE TO 0.11 OZ PER TON GOLD, AND 1.39 OZ PER TON SILVER.
Comment (Geology): NARROW LENTICULAR SHAPED COPPER BEARING ORE BODIES OCCUR AS REPLACEMENTS IN A SHEAR ZONE IN AMPHIBOLITE SCHISTS. THE ZONE OF OXIDATION EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF 100 FEET, BELOW WHICH THE MINERALIZATION CONSISTS CHIEFLY OF CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE. THE SURFACE IS HIGHLY LEACHED AND THE COMMERCIAL SECONDARY ENRICHED ZONE EXTENDS FROM THE 25 TO 100 FOOT LEVELS. THE INDICATED THICKNESS OF ORE BODIES VARY FROM ONE TO SIX FEET AND PROBABLY AVERAGE ABOUT 3 FEET OTHER WIDELY SEPARATED ZONES ALONG THE STRIKE HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED BY SHAFTS AND TRENCHES, BUT ATTRACTIVE ORE BODIES WERE NOT DEVELOPED
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 50, 1908, P. 452-453.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 144, 1948, P. 151-157.
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