Blue Bell Mine

The Blue Bell Mine is a gold mine located in Lassen county, California at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Blue Bell Mine  

State:  California

County:  Lassen

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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