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Blue Bell

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034014
MRDS ID M020688
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell
Alternate or previous names Hardluck
Related records 10189211

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.22558, 35.27389 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MILES NW OF BAKER, IN SODA LAKE MTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Baker(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014N 007E 27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MINERALS OCCUR IN A CARBONATE GANGUE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.22558, 35.27389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPED COMPLEX ORE TO SELBY IN 1949 AND 1951 ; AVERAGE RECOVERY WAS 7.5 % PB, 0.95 % CU, 5.31 OZ AG/TON SOME GOLD. ASSAYS SHOW COPPER UP TO 4.50 %

Comments on the workings information

  • 48 FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL IRREGULAR ADITS, CONNECTED BY IRREGULAR STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 616

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 101 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VARIOUS SHAPED LENSES AND VEINS NEAR LIMESTONE-GRANITE IRREGULAR CONTACT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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