The Blue Bell Mine is a zinc mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 6,152 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,152 Feet (1,875 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 38.71139, -112.55222
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Blue Bell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bell Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: Gordon District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Adit Follows A Bedding Plane Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION UNKNOWN; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.
Comment (Production): ALSO CONTAINS AG AND PB
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT AND A SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM YEARBOOK, 1942-1962.
Reference (Deposit): HEYL, A. V., 1963 , OXIDIZED ZINC DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USGS BULL 1135 - B, P. 87
Reference (Deposit): PERRY,L.I. & MCCARTHY,B.M., 1977, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., ECON. GEOL. SECT., OPEN-FILE REPT. NO. 22, P. 239.
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-20-1958
Reference (Production): HEYL, 1953
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