Bell Base Lode

The Bell Base Lode is a tungsten mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 6,526 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bell Base Lode

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Utah
County: Millard
District: House Range

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: R. G. Wiley

Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LINEAR VIEW

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin & Range

Type: L
Description: Southeast Tilted Fault Block

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitic

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS ENTRANCES ONE CONSISTING OF 25 FT ENDING IN AN INCLINE SHAFT THE OTHER IS A TUNNEL 130 FT IN LENGTH

Comment (Geology): TUNGSTEN OCCURS AS FINE DISSEMINATED POWDER. HOST IS BANDED LIMESTONE & QTZITE 1-2 INCHES THICK ALTERNATING REDDISH BROWN & WHITE ON ALTERED ROCK, AND DARK GREY AND REDDISH BROWN ON FRESH ROCK

References

Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM GEOL. MAP OF NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE: USGS MF 636

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIRC. 8014

Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1973, GEOL. ROAD LOG OF WESTERN UTAH AND EASTERN NEVADA: BYU GEOL. STUDIES V. 20 PT2

Reference (Deposit): 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V.3

Reference (Deposit): 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS. COLL V 53

Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK 6

Reference (Production): EVERTS, M.-1979 (REF#3)

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