Mine detail: Little Bell Shaft

Previously called 'Daly West GroupUnited Park City MinesLittle Bell MinePark Utah Consolidated Mines'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.61105, -111.50911

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Gold
Ore:	Anglesite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1880

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1906

Geology

Host rock:	Weber Quartzite;Park City Formation
Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone
Structure:	Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Park City Anticline, East-West Striking Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range - Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hinge Line
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	D011998
DEP	10101914
Reference	{Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 77, 231 PP.}{Deposit:: ERIKSON, A.J., (EDITORE, 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 22, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.}{Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111, 672 PP.}{Deposit:: BAKER, A.A. CALKINS, F.C., CRITTENDEN, M.D., JR., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BRIGHTON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. QUAD. MAP GQ-534}
Reporter	Shubat, Michael A.