The Little Bell Shaft is a lead and silver mine located in Summit county, Utah at an elevation of 8,570 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,570 Feet (2,612 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.61111, -111.50833
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Little Bell Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Bell Shaft
Secondary: Daly West Group
Secondary: United Park City Mines
Secondary: Little Bell Mine
Secondary: Park Utah Consolidated Mines
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Utah
County: Summit
District: Park City District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: United Park City Mines Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Park City Anticline
Type: L
Description: East-West Striking Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 21% PB, 76 OZ/TON AG, .05 OZ/TON AU, 2.25% CU
Materials
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1880 AND TUNNEL DRIVEN AT CREEK LEVEL. IN 1901 SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION WAS BEGUN AS THE RICH DALY WEST AND QUINCY ORES WERE DISCOVERED. LITTLE BELL SHAFT WAS STARTED IN 1901. RICH LEAD ORE STRUCK IN 1906 AND 1909-1910. NEW DISCOVERIES OF ORE MADE IN 1911-1912. PROPERTY CONSOLIDATED WITH PARK UTAH CONSOLIDATED MINES IN 1920 AND WITH UNITED PARK CITY MINES IN 1953
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983
Comment (Deposit): ORE FOUND IN THREE EAST-WEST STRIKING FRACTURE ZONES WHICH DIP VERTICALLY. THE NORTHLY ZONE IS NEARLY BARREN AND THE MIDDLE ZONE MOST PRODUCTIVE. THE SOUTHERN ZONE MAY MERGE WITH THE MIDDLE ZONE AT DEPTH. ORE WAS HIT AT THE 300 FT AND 500 FT LEVELS. ORE GENERALLY OCCURS ALONG THE FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE
Comment (Workings): AS OF 1912 THE SHAFT WAS 753 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS AT DEPTHS OF 100,200, 300, AND 500 FT. THE 100 FT LEVEL EXTENDS 200 FT SOUTH, THE 200 FT LEVEL EXTENDS 400 FT NORTH AND NORTHWEST, THE 300 FT LEVEL EXTENDS 900 FT SOUTH, AND THE 500 FT LEVEL HAS ABOUT 1100 FT OF WORKINGS EXTENDING NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST FROM THE SHAFT. THE 300 FT LEVEL OF THIS MINE CONNECTS WITH THE 200 FT LEVEL OF THE QUINCY MINE
Comment (Geology): BEDDING DIPS 20 TO 30 DEGREES TO THE NORTHWEST
Comment (Deposit): AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IS UNREPORTED BUT SAID TO BE RELATIVELY SMALL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 77, 231 PP.
Reference (Deposit): ERIKSON, A.J., (EDITORE, 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 22, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111, 672 PP.
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, A.A. CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534
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