Blue Bell Mine, Highland Mining District, Highland Range, Lincoln County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Blue Bell Mine | Mine |
| Highland Mining District | Mining District |
| Highland Range | Mountain Range |
| Lincoln County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 57' 47'' North , 114° 34' 44'' West
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Roeder Claims; NBMG Sample Site 1389
Sec 9 T1N R66E
Structure: Fault
Alteration: Argillic; Silicification
Deposit: Discovery year: 1860-1880? fault breccia limestone cemented with grainy crystalline calcite and quartz, which carries fine-grained galena intergrown with sphalerite altering to anglesite (?) (or other green alteration material) and pyrite ghosts. Fault zone is hydrothermally altered to siliceous gossan and heavily stained with Fe-Mn oxides. Near the fault, the limestone is unevenly silicified. Fracture surfaces in the gossan and limestone are coated with opaline silica and very fine-grained calcite, and cavities are lined with drusy quartz. Boxworks in the gossan are coated with limonite and very fine-grained intergrown jarosite.
Deposit type: Polymetallic replacement
Development: No activity at time of examination in 1983
Geology: Oxidized pyrite grains scattered over surfaces of partings in limestone. Beds horizontal to slightly dipping with e- W strike. Host rock also has ripple marks, fossil hash.
Ore(s): Fault Zone, Brecciated
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
7 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Jarosite Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| ⓘ | Jarosite | 7.BC.10 | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Jarosite | KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10046459 |
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