The Harris & Musgrove Including Blue Bell is a gold mine located in Lassen county, California.
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Harris & Musgrove Including Blue Bell MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Harris & Musgrove Including Blue Bell
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Lassen
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: M. L. Harris, C. L. Musgrove
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): LITTLE CAN BE FOUND OUT REGARDING PAST MINERAL PRODUCTION. TWO SURFACE CUTS EXPOSED 4 TO 10 FT. OF QUARTZ AND LEACHED MATERIAL HEAVILY STAINED BY IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES; MIXTURE IS SAID TO HAVE ASSAYED $4 TO $8 PER TON IN GOLD.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OLD TUNNELS, CROSS-CUTS, SHAFTS, OPEN CUT; MORE RECENTLY A 40-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WAS SUNK.
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF THE LARGER PART OF ONE CLAIM, THE DOROTHY VIRGINIA, AND TWO FULL CLAIMS, THE BLUE BELL AND BLUE BELL NO. 1. PRINCIPAL VEIN IS THE BOYD, STRIKING THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE BLUE BELL CLAIM. IT IS A PROMINENT ZONE OF LIMONITE-STAINED, FRACTURED VUGGY QUARTZ WITH SILICIFIED WALL ROCK AND WALL ROCK BRECCIA.
References
Reference (Deposit): REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXV, P. 6-7
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 44, NO. 4, OCT. 1948, P. 344
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4, OCT. 1936, PP. 429-431
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