The Blue Bell Prospect is a lead mine located in Tooele county, Utah.
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Mine Info
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Blue Bell Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bell Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Granite Peak District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granite Cut By Pegmatite Dikes And Small Mineralized Fissures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Amethyst
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Beryl
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Location): DUGWAY PROVING GROUNDS, RESTRICTED AREA. LOCATION UNCERTAIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1976 , FLUORITE OCCURENCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV BULL 110 , P. 76
Reference (Deposit): FOWKES, E. J., 1964 , PEGMATITES OF GRANITE PEAK MT., TOOELE CO., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV. GEOL. STUDIES VOL. 11 , P. 109
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