The Black Bess Mine Group is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,221 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
Elevation: 2,221 Feet (677 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.13417, -112.64333
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Black Bess Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Bess Mine Group
Secondary: Submarine Group
Secondary: Mary A
Secondary: Wareagle
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fissure Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: High Gold In Oxidized Zone
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED IN LATE 1880'S
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M002286 WITH RE CORD D000787 OF JAN WILT AND ELLIOT, JAMES E. IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): PAPAGO INDIAN RESERVATION
Comment (Production): SPORADIC PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189
Reference (Deposit): MINES HANDBOOK, 1920
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): KEITH, 1974
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