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Blue Bell Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10251203
MRDS ID D004615
MAS/MILS ID 0490010052
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell Mine
Alternate or previous names Holt Bluebell Mine
Related records 10010709

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.86112, 38.22306 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 030 S 018 W 04 SESESW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.86112, 38.22306
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 90E
    Thickness 40M
    Length 79M
    Width 12M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N35W:90E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820804

Comments on the geologic information

  • AMOUNT OF CAF2 RANGED FROM LESS THAN 1% TO OVER 83% IN SAMPLES TAKEN FOR RI4091.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Year of first production 1941

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gold-Spor Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office 123 South 200 East, Delta, Ut 84624
    Year 1982

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Description Usbm Record, Microfiche 32 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 32mt
  • Year 1942
    Description Usbm Record, Ri4091 163 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 163mt
  • Year 1944
    Description Usbm Record, Microfiche 441 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 441mt
  • Year 1969
    Description Bullock, Bul. 110 653 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 653mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Gold-Spor Mined & Shipped Ore @ 68% Caf2 544 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 544mt 68wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH, UTAH GEOLOGICAL

  • Deposit

    AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 110, DECEMBER 1976

  • Deposit

    THURSTIN,W.R. AND OTHERS, FLUORSPAR DEPOSTIS OF UTAH, USGS

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 1005, 1954.

  • Deposit

    FREY, EUGENE, BLUE BELL FLUORITE DEPOSITS, BEAVER COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    UTAH, USBM RI 4091, JULY 1947.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FORMER EVALUATION BY UGMS, 8/5/80 AND 7/28/81. SEE COUGAR SPAR, 0490010053, FOR INFORMATION RELATING TO THE FOLLOWING: QUANTITY OF RESOURCE, DEVELOPMENT, SUFACE MINING AND ENVIRONMENTAL. MOST OF INFO. FROM CHAD SPOR, DELTA, UT. (801-864-3366).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Soper, J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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