| Deposit ID | 10019018 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC08219 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Bell Mine |
| Related records | 10159435 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.86145, 45.28546 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1920 |
| Relative position | 1/2 MILE NW OF ARGENTA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Argenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 006S | 010W | 29 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Lead | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SURFACE OXIDIZED ORE ASSAYED 0.6 OZ AU/TON. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Argenta Stock | ||||
| Rock description | Argenta Stock | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| (1) | -112.86145, 45.28546 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Argenta Stock, North Trending Faults And Fissures. |
| Strike | N 05 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 80 SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Discoverer | J.P. Fletcher |
| District name | Argenta District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. S. Cohen |
| Home office | Butte, Mt. |
| First year | 1963 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 34.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC08219 |
MBMG BULL 6, P. 77.
MBMG BULL 85, P. 47.
1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1980 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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