Mine detail: Silver Bell-Martinez Mine

Previously called 'ColumbiaSilver-BellMartinez'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.1762, -111.1582

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Zinc
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Anglesite, Cerargyrite, Chrysocolla, Embolite, Galena, Hematite, Limonite, Pyromorphite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENS
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1880
Last production ended:	1971

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Pinal Schist
Associated type:	Schist
Structure:	Faulting And Shearing In Rhyolite Overlying Pinal Schist, Silver Bell Main Vein N8w 67 W. N To Nne Trending Faults, In Area Short Nw Trending Fault At Martinez Shaft, S End Of Mines
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Strong Oxidation Throughout Mine

References

MRDS	M899858
DEP	10048301
Reference	{Deposit:: USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: USBM FILE DATA, CLUSTER #754.}{Deposit:: SCHMIDT, E.A., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL MOUNTAIN QUAD, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA: UNIV OF AZ THESIS, 1967, P. 77-78.}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 78-468, 1978.}{Deposit:: NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: NIEMUTH, 1987.}
Reporter	Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.), Orris, Greta J.