Bell Group

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Uranium
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013758
MRDS ID D010221
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.33569, 40.03139 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4.0 MILES N 61 W FROM BOULDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 001N 071W 22 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • WITHIN 0.5 MILE NE OF POORMAN HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES RANGE FROM 0.0006 TO 0.041% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Boulder Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description Boulder Creek Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Boulder Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description Boulder Creek Granodiorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.33569, 40.03139

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Boulder Creek Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Poorman Fault Zone, Maxwell Fault Zone (Breccia Reef)

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS OUT FRACTURES IN THE POORMAN FAULT ZONE WHICH IS 20 TO 60 FT WIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALTHOUGH BELL GROUP AND ADJACENT POORMAN GROUP ARE ISOLATED SE OF MAIN PART OF DISTRICT, PRODUCTIVE AU-AG TELLURIDE VEINS WERE FORMED IN STRUCTURALLY FAVORABLE FISSURES ON SW SIDE OF INTERSECTION OF POORMAN REEF (TRENDING GENERALLY N 80 TO 85 W) AND PROMINENT LARAMIDE MAXWELL REEF (TRENDING N 25 W).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Banke, Carl M. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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