Bettylee Mine

The Bettylee Mine is a gold and copper mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,299 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

Name: Bettylee Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  Yuma

Elevation: 1,299 Feet (396 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Copper

Lat, Long: 32.50778, -113.99472

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Bettylee Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bettylee Mine
Secondary: Arizona Consolidated Grp.
Secondary: Frisco
Secondary: Ella J.


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium


Location

State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Frisco District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Swenson, Copper, And Mcintosh
Years: 1933 -


Production

Year: 1939
Time Period: 1910-1939
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2% Cu, 0.3 Oz Au/Ton, 1.4 Oz Ag/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Form: LINEAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Sericitization


Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON LUKE AIR FORCE RANGE

Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN VEINLETS AND AS COATINGS ALONG A FISSURE ZONE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT AND TUNNELS ON 7 LEVELS.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD M030306, BY WILT AND PETERSON, THAT HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): A LITTLE GOLD-COPPER ORE AVERAGING $12.50 PER TON WAS SHIPPED IN 1913


References

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D.; 1933; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 166

Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 160

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): KEITH, S.B., 1978.


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