Mine detail: Blue Bell Mine

Previously called 'Holt Blue Bell Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.2219, -113.85943

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Orebody form:	LENS
Other material:	Calcite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1936

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1937

Geology

Host rock:	Needles Range Formation (Host)
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Basin & Range-Laramide Basement, N-S Trending Faults-Western Rim Of Large Caldera ?
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	D004615
DEP	10010709
Reference	{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	Everts, Michael L.