Blue-Bell, Lady Bell and Adjoinin

Past Producer in Eagle county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190807
MAS/MILS ID 0080370006
Record type Site
Current site name Blue-Bell, Lady Bell and Adjoinin
Alternate or previous names G Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.73453, 39.58668 (WGS84)
Elevation 2324

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eagle(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fulford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vail(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eagle(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Eagle

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 005 S 083 W 30 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Roscoelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.73453, 39.58668

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 30S
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 915M
    Width 91.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip :30S
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Brush Creek Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Anaconda Lead And Silver Co.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS OCT 1976 FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-1768, DATED 1951. RADIOMETRIC ANOMALIES 14 X BG. MINE WORKINGS THEN CONSISTED OF: 3500-FT. OF DRIFT FT. OF SHAFTS, 500 FT. OF WINSES AND RAISES, 25 FT, OF TRENC THE CLAIMS WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY ANACONDA LEAD AND SILVER 1717 EAST COLFAX, DENVER, CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-MAY-1993 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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