The Silver-Bell Property is a lead and silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,799 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
Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.1761, -111.15750
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Silver-Bell Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver-Bell Property
Secondary: Patented Claim M S 314
Secondary: Patented Claim M S 315
Secondary: Silverbell-Martinez
Secondary: Columbia
Secondary: Martinez
Secondary: Silver Bell-Martinez
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Martinez 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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ball, Owen And Wingfield (B. O. W.) Mining Co.
Home Office: Arizona
Info Year: 1966
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Embolite
Unknown: Chrysocolla
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Cerargyrite
Unknown: Anglesite
Unknown: Pyromorphite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): PINAL CO,AZ UOFA THESIS 1967 P 78-79
Reference (Deposit): CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC.7,17,19;AND SEC.24 3S,11E
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MINERAL MTN QUAD
Reference (Deposit): ADMR SILVER BELL-MARTINEZ MINE FILE
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINING DIST SHEET 612
Reference (Deposit): ELSING,M.J,AND E.S HEINEMAN,USGS BULL.140,1939,P99
Reference (Deposit): ADMR ORPHAN BOY FILE
Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT,EBERHARD A GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL MOUNTAIN QUAD
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