The Silver Bell District is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Silver Bell District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Bell District
Secondary: El Tiro and Oxide Open Pits
Secondary: Silver Bell Copper
Secondary: Silver Bell Mill
Secondary: Imperial Mine
Secondary: Union Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: SILVER BELL DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING COMPANY (ASARCO)
Years: 1915 -
Owner Name: AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING COMPANY (ASARCO)
Years: 1915 -
Owner Name: IMPERIAL COPPER CO.
Years: 1903 - 1911
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: SUPERGENE ENRICHED PORPHYRY COPPER
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
Discovery Year: 1700
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: SILVER BELL FAULT ZONE TRENDING WNW, ENE FRACTURES AND DIKES
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: PROPYLITIC
Alteration Text: PROPYLITIC, POTASSIC, PHYLLIC
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: PHYLLITIC
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: POTASSIC
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): ASARCO SILVER BELL MINE BOOKLET: ASARCO INCORPORATED, SILVER BELL UNIT, SILVER BELL, ARIZONA.
Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, 1957, ARIZONA PLANT IS GETTING MORE MOLYBDENUM WITH LATE PROCESSING.
Reference (Deposit): HUTTL, J., 1954, SILVER BELL: ASARCO'S NEW ARIZONA: EENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 155.
Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, 1968, AIME GRATON-SALES VOL II.
Reference (Deposit): GALEY, 1979, SOC ECON GEOL, PORPHYRY CU FIELD CONF, 18 P.
Reference (Deposit): RICHARD AND COURTRIGHT, 1966, IN TITLEY AND HICKS, UNIV OF AZ PRESS.
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