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

MRDS	M800131
DEP	10048113
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.}
Reporter	Gest, Don E.