The Blue Bell Mine is a gold mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 36.22222, -117.46028
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Blue Bell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bell Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Modoc
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. LAND UNSURVEYED: LOC. PROJECTED VERY QUESTIONABLE LOCATION.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 4-6 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT DRIVEN 90 FT. NORTH TO CONTACT, WITH DRIFT 150 FT. NORTHWEST ON THE VEIN. A SMALL AMOUNT OF STOPING HAS BEEN DONE ABOVE THIS LEVEL. AT ABOUT 200 FT. NORTHWEST OF THESE WORKINGS IS ANOTHER TUNNEL 100 FT. IN LENGTH. THE LOWER TUNNEL ON THE BLUE BELLE VEIN IS ABOUT 300 FT. IN ELEVATION BELOW THESE WORKINGS. THIS TUNNEL IS DRIVEN NORTHWEST 200 FT. ON A NARROW QUARTZ VEIN. NEAR THE FACE OF THIS TUNNEL IS A RAISE 50 FT. IN HEIGHT WHICH CONNECTS WITH ANOTHER TUNNEL. THERE ARE FIVE TUNNELS VARYING IN LENGTH FROM 50 TO 300 FT. A TRAM LINE RUNS FROM THE LOWER TUNNEL TO THE MILL, A DISTANCE OF 500 FT.
Comment (Deposit): 2 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 146
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 385
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