The Bell Base Lode is a tungsten mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 6,526 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,526 Feet (1,989 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.22083, -113.37528
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Bell Base Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bell Base Lode
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: House Range
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. G. Wiley
Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR VIEW
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin & Range
Type: L
Description: Southeast Tilted Fault Block
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitic
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS ENTRANCES ONE CONSISTING OF 25 FT ENDING IN AN INCLINE SHAFT THE OTHER IS A TUNNEL 130 FT IN LENGTH
Comment (Geology): TUNGSTEN OCCURS AS FINE DISSEMINATED POWDER. HOST IS BANDED LIMESTONE & QTZITE 1-2 INCHES THICK ALTERNATING REDDISH BROWN & WHITE ON ALTERED ROCK, AND DARK GREY AND REDDISH BROWN ON FRESH ROCK
References
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM GEOL. MAP OF NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE: USGS MF 636
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIRC. 8014
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1973, GEOL. ROAD LOG OF WESTERN UTAH AND EASTERN NEVADA: BYU GEOL. STUDIES V. 20 PT2
Reference (Deposit): 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V.3
Reference (Deposit): 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS. COLL V 53
Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK 6
Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.-1979 (REF#3)
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