The Blue Bell Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 38.03833, -115.73083
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Blue Bell Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bell Prospect
Secondary: Steele
Secondary: Piute Group. Nbmg Sample Location 1770 Nbmg Sample Location 1770
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Quinn Canyon District District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD
Form: POD
Form: POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization , Silicification, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FLUORITE AVERAGES ABOUT 20% CAF2
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): VERY STEEP ACCESS THE LAST 0.5 MILE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): PROPERTY MAY HAVE SHIPPED A SMALL AMOUNT; NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.
Comment (Deposit): WEATHERING LEAVES A FLOURSPAR RIDGE UP TO 60 FT HIGH. 2-3 FT VEINS AND VEINLETS ARE FOUND WITHIN 150 X 40 FT ZONE. THE WORKINGS HAVE EXPOSED A POD OF HIGHLY BRECCIATED, STRONGLY SILICIFIED VUGGY VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINING GREEN-PURPLE FLUORSPAR. THE VEIN IS WITHIN A HIGHLY SILICIFIED CRYSTAL-LITHIC BRECCIA THAT FORMS BOLD OUTCROPS AND CLIFFS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DRAINAGE. SAMPLE 1770 WAS TAKEN ACROSS THE VEIN AND ASSAYED DETECTABLE GOLD. THE WORKINGS HAVE EXPOSED A POD OF HIGHLY BRECCIATED, STRONGLY SILICIFIED VUGGY VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINING GREEN-PURPLE FLUORSPAR. THE VEIN IS WITHIN A HIGHLY SILICIFIED CRYSTAL-LITHIC BRECCIA THAT FORMS BOLD OUTCROPS AND CLIFFS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE DRAINAGE. SAMPLE 1770 WAS TAKEN ACROSS THE VEIN AND ASSAYED DETECTABLE GOLD.
Comment (Workings): PITS AND TRENCHES. E-W TRENDING BENCH ON N SIDE OF A VERY STEEP CLIFF. E-W TRENDING BENCH ON N SIDE OF A VERY STEEP CLIFF.
References
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR OF NEVADA, NBMG, BULL 93, PG. 58
Reference (Deposit): HORTON, R.C., 196U, AN. INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR ORE IN NEV., NBMG, REPT 1. P.19
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1984,FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, MAY 31, 1984.
Reference (Deposit): SAINSBURY, C. L. AND KLEINHAMPL, F. J., 1969, USGS BULL 1272-C, P.19.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
