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Silver Bell

Past Producer in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070081
MRDS ID W012758
MAS/MILS ID 0160870126
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell
Alternate or previous names Bell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.05884, 44.55519 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position LOCATED 20 MILES DOWNSTREAM OF HUNTINGTON, ORE; 21 MI. NORTH OF WEISER, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 006W 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED EAST OF SILVER STILL GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidization, Sericitic

Analytical data

Result CONTAINS .9 - 1.25% CU AND 10 TO 28 OZ. AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.05884, 44.55519
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Trough Was Formed By A Westerly Dipping Basalt Dike And An Easterly Dipping Ore-Bearing Seam.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N.N.W.
    Dip 45 N.E.
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 12.19M
  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 45 N.E.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANDESITIC ROCKS ARE PORPHYRITIC, GREEN IN COLOR, FELDSPARS ARE NOT DETERMINABLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1887

Mining district

District name Mineral District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Melzer, Emil
    Home office Baker, Or
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ladd Metal Co.
    Home office Portland, Or
    First year 1922

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE IS COMPOSED OF 3 ADITS AND 2000 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. MOST OF THE MINE IS INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925, RECON. OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MTN. MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    TURNER, H. W., 1908, ORE DEPOSITS AT MINERAL IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V 3, NO. 6, P. 492 - 502.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1963, SILVER MINERALIZATION IN THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 58, NO. 8, P. 1195 - 1217.

  • Deposit

    5) BELL, R. N., 1920, TWENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1919, P. 87 - 88.

  • Deposit

    1920 COMPILE 21ST ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1919

  • Deposit

    1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 13

  • Deposit

    1952 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ - DIORITE INTRUSION WAS FOUND IN THE LOWER MINE TUNNELS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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