Betty Lee Mine (Betty Lee group; Arizona Consolidated), Frisco-Betty Lee-Ella J. Mine group, Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Copper Mountains, La Posa Mining District (Wellton Mining District; Wellton Hills Mining District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USAi
This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to sponsor this page.
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 30' 28'' North , 113° 59' 41'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tacna | 602 (2011) | 21.4km |
| Wellton | 2,936 (2017) | 23.2km |
| Fortuna Foothills | 26,265 (2011) | 42.5km |
| Buckshot | 153 (2017) | 52.5km |
| Dateland | 416 (2011) | 53.2km |
A former underground Cu-Au-Ag-Fe-Mo-V-U mine group located on 20 claims in the NW¼ sec. 2, T11S, R17W (protracted) (Mohawk SW 7.5 minute topo map), 19 miles S from Wellton, on a military reservation. Owned at times, or in part, by the Arizona Consolidated Mining Co.; Messrs. Swenson, Copple & McIntosh (1933); and, Linden.
Mineralization is spotty secondary copper minerals in veinlets and coatings, in lensing and banded (bands = less than ¼ inch wide), coarsely crystalline, quartz-hematite-sericite veins (to 4 feet [1.22 meters] wide) along a fissure zone in Mesozoic granite. The vein strikes S.52ºE. and dips nearly 90º and is traceable on both sides of a canyon nearly to the ridge tops. Quartz cut by calcite veins and wall rocks silicified and sericitized.
Workings include a shaft to 700 feet (213.36 meters) deep that connects with about 2,000 feet of workings on 7 underground levels, and tunnel operations. They were worked intermittently from the early 1910's through 1939. They produced some 145 tons of ore averaging about 2% Cu, 0.3 oz. Au/T and 1.4 oz. Ag/T.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chrysocolla Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 Description: In veinlets and as coatings. |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 Description: Hard masses in quartz to several inches diameter & veined & coated with massive chrysocolla & subordinate crystalline malachite. |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 Description: In veinlets and as coatings; crystalline. |
| ⓘ 'Mica Group' Colour: Dark |
| ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Description: Coarse; in fractures in quartz. |
| ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Description: Coarse; in fractures in quartz. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Chrysocolla | 9.ED.20 | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Mica Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chrysocolla | Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1 |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10027218 |
|---|
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
This page contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat.org. This does not claim to be a complete list. If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database. This locality information is for reference purposes only. You should never attempt to
visit any sites listed in mindat.org without first ensuring that you have the permission of the land and/or mineral rights holders
for access and that you are aware of all safety precautions necessary.
