Silver Bell Mine

Past Producer in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098087
MRDS ID DC15598
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell Mine
Related records 10130712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.633, 40.54883 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
Relative position 5000 FEET S 81 E FROM THE EAST SUMMIT OF TWIN PEAKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dromedary Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Utah Lake(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 003E 20 SW OF NW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result 100 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Maxfield Limestone;Fitchville
    Rock description Maxfield Limestone;Fitchville
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.633, 40.54883

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On South Limb Of Uinta Arch, East Of The Wasatch Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Silver Bell Fault, Alta Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 60 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silver Bell Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name American Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1880
    Period Z0000-1880
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^100 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 2824g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FOOT INCLINE WITH SOME DRIFTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ALONG SILVER BELL FAULT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references