Mine detail: Bell Base Lode

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Location: Millard County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.22078, -113.3761
dep_id: 10010583
mrds_id: D004374
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Trace mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Molybdenite, Scheelite
orebody_fm: LINEAR VIEW
work_type: Underground
alteration: Limonitic
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solution Channels
ore_ctrl: Northwest Trending Fractures
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_unit: Orr (Big Horse Ls Member);Weeks;Marjum Formation (Host)
hrock_type: Limestone,Dolomite
arock_unit: Painter Springs Intrusion
arock_type: Monzonite,Granite
Structure: Basin & Range, Southeast Tilted Fault Block
tectonic: Cordilleran Geosyncline
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)
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