The Blue Bell is a lead and silver mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Blue Bell MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bell
Secondary: Hardluck
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN A CARBONATE GANGUE.
Comment (Deposit): VARIOUS SHAPED LENSES AND VEINS NEAR LIMESTONE-GRANITE IRREGULAR CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): 48 FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL IRREGULAR ADITS, CONNECTED BY IRREGULAR STOPES.
Comment (Production): SHIPPED COMPLEX ORE TO SELBY IN 1949 AND 1951 ; AVERAGE RECOVERY WAS 7.5 % PB, 0.95 % CU, 5.31 OZ AG/TON SOME GOLD. ASSAYS SHOW COPPER UP TO 4.50 %
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 616
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 101 .
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