Mine detail: Copper Belle Mine

Previously called 'ShannonLeonard'

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Location

Lat / long: 31.73707, -109.82259

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, LENSING

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1902
Last production ended: 1957

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Limestone Thrusted Over Rhyolite, Fault Dips 40 Deg. W. Limestone Dips 45 Deg. E, One Fault N-S, 65 S-E, Others E-W With Steep Dips
Alteration processes:Oxidation In Upper 100 Feet

References

MRDSM800131
DEP10048113
Reference{Deposit:: ABGMT 187, P. 81}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1927: GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 123, P. 68-70.}
ReporterGest, Don E.