Bluebell Mine

Past Producer in Cache county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011369
MRDS ID D006155
Record type Site
Current site name Bluebell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.78552, 41.40299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 4800 FT NE OF JAMES PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

James Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008N 001E 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Chlorite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Big Cottonwood Series
    Rock description Big Cottonwood Series
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.78552, 41.40299

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Just East Of N-S Trending East Bear River Range Boundary Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ADITS ARE LOCATED ON A HIGHLY SILICEOUS HEMATITE STAINED BRECCIA IN A VERY FINE GRAINED QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paradise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mark Jensen

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVE FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 198.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • MIDDLE ADIT COLLAPSED BUT MAY HAVE BEEN UP TO 600 FT LONG, UPPER ADIT OPEN APROXIMATELY 50 FT. LONG WITH 20 FT. WINZE AT END, THERE IS A SMALL PROSPECT WEST OF THE ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, JUNE 15, 1900; BLUEBELL MINE

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, JUNE 15, 1901; BLUEBELL MINE

  • Deposit

    SALT LAKE MINING REVIEW, DEC 30, 1917; BLUEBELL MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references