[1] The range lies 14 miles (23 km) west of Marana, Arizona, located on Interstate-10, northwest of Tucson.

The range is located to the east of the Ironwood Forest National Monument.

Ragged Top, located in the north of the range, is a well-known landmark in this former mining region.

The range is named after the Silver Bell Mine located at the southern end of the mountains.

The range abuts the Waterman Mountains to the southeast, where palynology-(pollen) studies have shown some of the recent floristic history of Arizona during the Pliocene.