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Bell Crown Mine, Ellsworth Mining District, Granite Wash Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
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Ellsworth Mining DistrictMining District
Granite Wash MountainsMountain Range
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 52' 59'' North , 113° 40' 9'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
33.88306,-113.66917
GRN:
N23W68
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Salome1,530 (2011)12.4km
Wenden728 (2011)13.6km
Vicksburg597 (2011)17.2km
Utting126 (2011)20.7km
Bouse996 (2011)31.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
33463
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:33463:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former underground Cu-Au-Ag-Fe mine located in North-central sec. 12, T6N, R14W (protracted), on land of unknown status. Owned and operated by the Victor & Bell Crown Mining Co. of Arizona (1915).

Mineralization is spotty and irregular paystreaks of copper and high gold ores along a NW-striking shear vein cutting Precambrian metamorphics, intruded by Laramide granite, both cut by basic and acidic dikes.

Workings include tunnels and a shaft(s). Worked on a small scale from 1910 through 1919. Produced some 170 tons of ore averaging about 6% Cu, 0.8 oz. Au/T and 0.1 oz. Ag/T.

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2 valid minerals.

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Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘSiderite5.AB.05FeCO3

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CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ SideriteFeCO3
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
FeIron
Feⓘ SideriteFeCO3

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References

Arizona Bureau of Mines file data
Keith, Stanton B. (1978) Index of Mining Properties in Yuma County, Arizona. University of Arizona Bulletin 192. Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology p.147 - Table 4
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