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Blue Bell Prospect

Prospect in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10227941
MRDS ID M057539
MAS/MILS ID 0490450014
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell Prospect
Related records 10041771

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.26893, 40.07384 (WGS84)
Elevation 1992

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Peak SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Hematite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.26893, 40.07384
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 6M
    Width 1M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip E00W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 811008

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dugway District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Army Dugway Proving Grounds
    Home office Utah
    Year 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS MINOR OCCURRENCE 75 CLAIM IS ON A MILITARY RESERVATION 75 ORE BODY IS WITHIN A PEGMATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Utah Geological And Mineral Survey Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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