| Deposit ID | 10010265 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003857 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Bell Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.21767, 47.23431 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
| Relative position | 6.5 MI SW OF ST. REGIS, MONT. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Torino Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Lolo National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 017N | 028W | 18 | SW OF NW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Diorite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Wallace Formation |
| Rock description | Wallace Formation |
| (1) | Piegan Group: Helena and Wallace Formations |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | General Structural Grain Of W To Nw Trending Folds And Faults. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Dioritic Dike 1/2 Mi Long And 0.1 Mi Wide. E - W Trending Anticline To The South. |
| General form | POD/LENS |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | (Unorganized) |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003857 |
WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 608
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS APPEAR TO OCCUPY TENSION CRACKS IN THE DIORITE DIKE. PODS OF ORE MINERALS WITHIN QUARTZ VEINS ARE RARE. |
| Deposit | THERE ARE MANY SIMILAR VEINS IN OTHER DIORITE BODIES IN NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA, BUT NONE HAS PRODUCED A LARGE AMOUNT OF ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1979 | Rojstaczer, Stuart A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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