Bell Base Lode

Past Producer in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010583
MRDS ID D004374
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Base Lode
Related records 10179692

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.3761, 39.22078 (WGS84)
Elevation 1989
Relative position 15,200 FT N 37 DEG E OF PINE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Notch Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tule Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tule Valley(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 Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 018S 014W 25 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Painter Springs Intrusion
    Rock description Painter Springs Intrusion
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Orr (Big Horse Ls Member);Weeks;Marjum Formation (Host)
    Rock description Orr (Big Horse Ls Member);Weeks;Marjum Formation (Host)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.3761, 39.22078

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Southeast Tilted Fault Block

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR VIEW
    Strike N50 DEG E
    Dip 25 DEG SE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northwest Trending Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUNGSTEN OCCURS AS FINE DISSEMINATED POWDER. HOST IS BANDED LIMESTONE & QTZITE 1-2 INCHES THICK ALTERNATING REDDISH BROWN & WHITE ON ALTERED ROCK, AND DARK GREY AND REDDISH BROWN ON FRESH ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name House Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. G. Wiley
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39.62M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS ENTRANCES ONE CONSISTING OF 25 FT ENDING IN AN INCLINE SHAFT THE OTHER IS A TUNNEL 130 FT IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM GEOL. MAP OF NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE: USGS MF 636

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFOR. CIRC. 8014

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    HINTZE, L.F., 1973, GEOL. ROAD LOG OF WESTERN UTAH AND EASTERN NEVADA: BYU GEOL. STUDIES V. 20 PT2

  • Deposit

    1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MER. RPT V.3

  • Deposit

    1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS. COLL V 53

  • Deposit

    1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK 6

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.-1979 (REF#3)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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