The Bell of the West is a gold and silver mine located in Clear Creek county, Colorado.
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Bell of the West MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bell of the West
Secondary: Alabama
Secondary: Baby Eddy
Secondary: Crazy Girl
Secondary: Yankee Girl
Secondary: Ariadne
Secondary: Emily
Secondary: Bruce
Secondary: Little Topsy
Secondary: Black
Secondary: Mammoth
Secondary: Le Roi
Secondary: Billie
Secondary: M
Secondary: Martha E
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Clear Creek
District: Central City
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SULPHIDE VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS P P 319, 1959, PL 2
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1032-B, 1956, PL 5
Reference (Deposit): BLM CONNECTING SHEETS
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