Bell Group

Past Producer in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106071
MRDS ID W027762
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Group
Related records 10252097

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06765, 37.58472 (WGS84)
Elevation 1963
Relative position 2.65 MILE SE FROM THE NEEDLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moss Back Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hite Crossing(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Lake Powell(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 037S 017E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION 8 ( UNSURVEYED )

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching In Mudstone

Analytical data

Result U3O8 = .064 %, V2O5 = .020

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member
    Rock description Chinle Formation, Shinarump Member
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06765, 37.58472

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Joints, One Set Trends N 40 - 60 Deg E; The Other N 20 Deg E, Both Dip 75 Deg Nw To Vertical

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 5 DEG W
    Dip 2 DEG SW
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 2.44M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Channel Filling

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer William Randolf

Mining district

District name White Canyon District, Fry Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.104HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 5.49M
    Overall length 43.28M
    Overall width 25.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • APPEARANCE DOES NOT FIT WITH THE DISCRIPTION OF THE BELL GROUP OF CLAIMS DESCRIPED IN LITATURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SAMPLE H7 2 FT CHIP, ORE ZONE ON FACE OF OPEN PIT ABOVE AND N OF ADIT

  • Deposit

    THADEN, R. E., TRITES, A. F., AND FINNELL, T. L., 1964 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WHITE CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN AND GARFIELD COS., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL 1125

  • Deposit

    FINNELL, T. L., FRANKS, P. C., AND HUBBARD, H. A., 1963 , GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN THE DEER FLAT AREA, WHITE CANYON DIST., SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULL. 1132 .

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE THADEN, R. E., AND OTHERS, USGS BULL. 112

  • Production

    UGMS, STUDY, 1973

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H. 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Jones, Harold H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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