Silver-Bell Property

The Silver-Bell Property is a lead and silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,799 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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