The Blue Bell Mine is a gold mine located in Lassen county, California at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.9975, -120.88444
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Blue Bell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bell Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Lassen
District: Hayden Hill
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Rhyolite Is Brecciated
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Rhyolite Is Altered
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD W024033
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS FINELY DIVIDED
Comment (Location): SE1/4 SW1/4. ON SW SLOPE OF HAYDEN HILL.
Comment (Production): $60,000 PRODUCED FROM A POCKET IN THE GLORY HOLE. TOTAL PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $100,000
Comment (Development): PROPERTY WORKED INTERMITTENTLY TO 1910
Comment (Deposit): MAIN VEIN IS INTERSECTED BY SEVERAL CROSS VEINS
Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 35' DEEP GLORY-HOLE WITH SHAFT BELOW IT. 50' VERTICAL SHAFT IS BEING SUNK SOUTH OF THE GLORY HOLE (1920)
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT IS A FILLING OF SOFT UNCONSOLIDATED FAULT BRECCIA OF ADJACENT WALL ROCK, IN FRACTURES PENETRATING THE RHYOLITE TUFFS COMPOSING THE HILL. FINELY DIVIDED GOLD, MUCH OF IT OXIDIZED, OCCURS IN THE VEINS. MAIN VEIN COURSES E AND W AND DIPS N ABOUT 60 DEG.
References
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, GOLD - LASSEN COUNTY, IN 12TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 148.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 594, P. 30-38.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1919, LASSEN COUNTY, IN 25TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 231.
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C.MCK., 1921, LASSEN COUNTY, IN 17TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 508.
Reference (Deposit): BURNETT, J.L., 1990, 1989 CALIFORNIA MINING REVIEW: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY V. 43, NO. 10, P. 219-224.
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