Blue Bell Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.85943, 38.2219 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 10,500 FEET NORTHWEST OF WATER TANK LOCATED IN SEC. 14, T.30S, R.18W.

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 030S 018W 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Needles Range Formation (Host)
    Rock description Needles Range Formation (Host)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.85943, 38.2219

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range-Laramide Basement
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Trending Faults-Western Rim Of Large Caldera ?

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 35 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 76.2M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zones In Vertical Veins Up To 40 Feet Wide

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Washington/Indian Peak

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Spar, Chad
    Home office Delta, Ut.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bekins Metal Resources

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1943
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 65wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.131HA
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 45.72M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 140 FT OF DRIFTS ON 50 FOOT LEVEL; 460 FT ADIT ON 140 FT LEVEL. VERTICAL & INCLINE SHAFTS, PITS, TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THURSTON, W.R., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF UTAH, USGS BULL 1005.

  • Deposit

    BULLOCK, K.C., 1976, FLUORITE OCCURRENCES IN UTAH: UGMS BULL 110

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D, & WILSON, S.R, 1951, INVEST OF THE COUGAR SPAR FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO. UT: USBM RI 4820

  • Deposit

    EVERETT, F.D, & WILSON, S.R., 1950, INVEST. OF J.B. FLUORITE DEPOSIT, BEAVER CO, UTAH: USBM RI 4726

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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