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Bell Hill Mine

Past Producer in Juab county in Utah, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Vanadium, Beryllium
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069423
MRDS ID W006952
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Hill Mine
Related records 10251999

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.23415, 39.73327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position SE END OF SPOR MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Juab(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Topaz Mountain West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Juab

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013S 012W 10 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Uranium Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHIEF IMPURITIES ARE MONTMORILLONITE, CREAM COLORED DOLOMITE & QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bertrandite Gangue
Carnotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Alteration

Analytical data

Result FLUORITE CONTENT RANGES FROM 78.5% CAF2 - 90.10% IN OPEN CUT, 63.0-89.5% IN ALL LEVELS
Result U RANGES FROM 0.03-0.33% , AVE 0.10% U3O8
Result .03% V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bell Hill Dolomite;Floride Dolomite
    Rock description Bell Hill Dolomite;Floride Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.23415, 39.73327
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range, Beds In Spor Mtn Block Strike N32e & Dip 32-42 Deg. Nw
Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Branching Faults That Are Difficult To Trace Unless They Contain Breccia

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 35 NW
    Plunge 52 DEG
    Plunge direction N62E
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 39.62M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Pipes & Veins In Favorable Replacement Carbontes & In Brecciated Fault Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT AT PIT #2 IS IN A FRACTURE ZONE OF THE FOOTWALL OF A NE-TRENDING FAULT WITH A TRUE DISPLACEMENT OF 53 M 4 OTHERS VEINS OF LESSER SIZE AND GRADE OCCUR NEARBY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1949
Discoverer D.Searle, H.J. Rutherford (Delta, Utah)
Year of first production 1950

Mining district

District name Spor Mtn-Thomas Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Delea Min. Co. C/O R. D. Moody
  • Type Owner
    Owner Richard D. Moody (Delta, Ut)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTIVE PERIOD WAS 1950 - 1956, 1960 - 1961.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ACCORDING TO R.G. WORL OF USGS (1971-UNPUBLISHED) THERE ARE 328,000 LT OF 40% CAF2 ORE AND LARGE, LOW GRADE BE & U ORE
  • ACCORDING TO UNPUBLISHED DATA BY R.G. WORL (USGS) THE SPOR MTN. DISTRICT RESERVES ARE 328,000 MET. TONS OF 40% CAF2 ORE AND LARGE, LOW GRADE BE AND U DEPOSITS. (1971)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 51M
    Overall length 89.92M
    Overall width 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PROPERTY WAS LEASED TO GEORGE SPOR IN 1950, WHO MINED F BY MEANS OF OPEN PIT FROM 2 ORE BODIES. FROM OCT. 1950-AUG. 1951 THE PROPERTY WAS UNDER CONTROL THE E.D. HARRIS FAMILY WHO DROVE A 230 FT ADIT FROM THE E. SIDE OF HILL.

Comments on development

  • RECENT URANIUM EXPLORATION INDICATES A FAIR URANIUM CONTENT IN COMPLEX STRUCTURE WITH FLORIDE IONS (0.15% EU3O8) BUT THE EXTRACTION & SEPARATION PROCESS IS NOT COST EFFICIENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UT. GEOL. & MIN. SURVEY BULL. 110, P. 31-38

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., AND OSTERWALD, F.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE THOMAS RANGE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, JUAB CO., UT: USGS BULL. 1069, 97 P.

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., & CARR, W., 1964, GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE THOMAS & DUGWAY RANGES, JUAB-TOOELE COUNTIES, UT: USGS PP. 415.

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., AND WILMARTH, V.R., & BAUER, H.L., JR., 1951, RADIOACTIVE FLUORITE IN THE THOMAS RANGE, JUAB CO., UT: USGS TEI # 136, 88 P.

  • Deposit

    COCHRAN, K.L., 1952, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, UTAH, IDAHO, AND COLORADO ADJACENT AND TRIBUTARY TO FACILITIES OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY: UNION AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, LOS ANGLES, CALIFORNIA, 78 P.

  • Deposit

    1951 DIREXPL US AEC RECON STUDIES, DRILLING

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON STAATZ USGS B 1069

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON STAATZ USGS PP 415

  • Deposit

    1979 DIREXPL ENERGY FUELS- DRILLING

  • Deposit

    1979 GEOMAP LINDSEY USGS MAP I 1176

  • Production

    BULLOCK C.K., 1976, FLOURITE OCCURENCES IN UTAH: UT. GEOL MIN, SURVEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN ORE BODY (PIT #1) IS A PIPE IN THE SHAPE OF AN "H" AT THE SURFACE WHICH BECOMES MORE ELIPITICAL AT LOWER LEVELS. ABOUT 30 METERS EAST ANOTHER SMALL PIPE PLUNGES N74 DEG. E
Deposit PIT #1 IS 49 M. LONG UP TO 15 M. WIDE & PLUNGES 52 DEG. N62 DEG. E ABOVE THE 26.5 M. LEVEL. PLUNGE IS 70 DEG. S81 DEG. E. BETWEEN THE 26.5 M-51 M. LEVELS. PIT #2 ORE BODY IS 14 M. LONG, 8.5 M. WIDE AND PLUNGES 65 DEG. S. 58 DEG. 6. 4 OTHER VEINS ARE LOCATED BUT UNMINED. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Everts, Mike L. U.S. Geological Survey

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