Mine detail: Blue Bell Mine

Previously called 'Holt Blue Bell Mine'

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Location: Beaver County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.2219, -113.85943
dep_id: 10010709
mrds_id: D004615
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
other_matl: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Surface/Underground
conc_proc: Breccia Zones
ore_ctrl: Fissure Zones In Vertical Veins Up To 40 Feet Wide
Reporter: Everts, Michael L.
hrock_unit: Needles Range Formation (Host)
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: Basin & Range-Laramide Basement, N-S Trending Faults-Western Rim Of Large Caldera ?
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
Year first produced: 1937
disc_yr: 1936
References:
  • 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.
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