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Blue Bell

Past Producer in San Miguel county in Colorado, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239987
MRDS ID D010927
MAS/MILS ID 0081130409
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell
Alternate or previous names Blue Bird, Trout Lake
Related records 10087926, 10192365

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.92485, 37.9608 (WGS84)
Elevation 2484

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gray Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Miguel(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Miguel

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.92485, 37.9608
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: C B M SUMMARY MIN ACTIV ANNUALRPT 1969

  • Deposit

    OWN-OPR: SPENCER & SCHOOLEY 1969

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-APR-1995 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.