Bell

Producer in Summit county in Colorado, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108397
MRDS ID DC05357
Record type Site
Current site name Bell
Alternate or previous names Wing, Meteor, California
Related records 10288725

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.86893, 39.56471 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position E. CENTRAL PART OF SECTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montezuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blue(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 06S 76W 03 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Proustite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.86893, 39.56471

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 65NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1882-1950

Mining district

District name Montezuma Area

Comments on the production information

  • 10.0 OZ AG, 0.13% CU, 5.5% PB, 0.8% ZN, .003 OZ. AU

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES SILVER WING ADIT. AVERAGE STRIKE N40E, GENERAL VEINS NE. ORE 3-24 INCHES, AVERAGE 4-12 INCHES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 07-AUG-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.