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Little Bell Mine

Occurrence in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092643
MRDS ID M057617
Record type Site
Current site name Little Bell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.50884, 40.61105 (WGS84)
Elevation 2615
Relative position HEAD OF EMPIRE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004W 28 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.50884, 40.61105
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Country Rocks Are Cut By Ne - Sw And E - W Fracture Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS IN 1912 CONSIST OF A 200 FT ADIT, A 753 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 , 200 , 300 , AND 500 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF PARK CITY DIST: USGS PROF PAPER 77 , P. 171 - 172

  • Deposit

    BAKER, CALKINS, CRITTENDEN, AND BROMFIELD, 1966 , GEOL MAP OF BRIGHTON QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 534

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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