Mine detail: Blue Bell Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.33949, -112.2413

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	LENSES
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1896
Last production ended:	1959

Geology

Host rock:	Iron King Volcanics
Host type:	Chert,Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Foliation And Transposed Bedding In Metavolcanics Trends N20e To N30e, Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Sericitization

References

MRDS	M004325
DEP	10027880
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 143.}{Deposit:: USGS GQ MAP GQ-997.}{Deposit:: DEWITT, ED, 1976, UNPUB MS THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZ.}{Deposit:: BLACET, 1968, UNPUB PHD THESIS, STANFORD.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DTA}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: U.S.G.S. BULL. 782 , P. 143}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed), Orris, Greta J.