Blue Bell Mine

The Blue Bell Mine is a copper mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,350 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

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Site Name

Primary: Blue Bell Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Mayer District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Prescott National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Pronto Exploration Ltd.
Home Office: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Years: 1986 -

Owner Name: Mine Management Corp.
Years: 1975 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1896
Year Last Production: 1959
Discovery Year: 1895
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: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko

Orebody

Form: LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanics Trends N20e To N30e

Type: L
Description: Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Sericitization

Rocks

Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Actinolite
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS COMPOSED OF A NUMBER OF SLIGHTLY OVERLAPPING MASSIVE SULFIDE LENSES AT OR NEAR A RHYOLITE-ANDESITE CONTACT.

Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comment (Development): OPERATOR IN 1959 WAS MCFARLAND, HULLINGER. 1984-86: SURFACE GEOCHEMISTRY.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 143.

Reference (Deposit): USGS GQ MAP GQ-997.

Reference (Deposit): DEWITT, ED, 1976, UNPUB MS THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZ.

Reference (Deposit): BLACET, 1968, UNPUB PHD THESIS, STANFORD.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DTA

Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

Reference (Deposit): NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): U.S.G.S. BULL. 782 , P. 143

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