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Bell Mine

Past Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288725
MRDS ID DC05357
MAS/MILS ID 0081170027
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Mine
Related records 10108397

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.86893, 39.56471 (WGS84)
Elevation 3438
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River 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 Colorado Summit

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.86893, 39.56471
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montezuma - Geneva Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1928
    Period 1882-1928
    Material ore
    Ore mined 2878.78mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Zinc Zinc 280282.43mt
    Trace Silver Silver 2219357.78g
    Trace Lead Lead 1135906.42mt
    Major Gold Gold 441.35g
    Trace Copper Copper 1741.34mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MONTEZUMA 7.5" QUAD

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 178, p. 71

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 07-AUG-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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