Silver Bell Group (CH_201)

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071055
MRDS ID W014255
MAS/MILS ID 0160370243
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell Group (CH_201)
Alternate or previous names Burns Group, Lucky Boy, Day No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.13565, 44.53798 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position 24 MI NNW OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soldier Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 011E 21 SWNW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS FOUND TRACE - 0.35 OZ AU/TON, 38 OZ AG/TON, 30% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.13565, 44.53798

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seafoam District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. M. Burns
  • Type Owner
    Owner Elmer E. Ogren
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1982

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 Tunnels

Comments on development

  • 7 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1930, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Seafoam, Alder Creek, Little Smoky, And Willow Creek Mining Districts, Custer And Camas Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 33, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J.B., And Livingston, D.C., 1920, A Reconnaissance In South-Central Idaho, Embracing The Thunder Mountain, Big Creek, Stanley Basin, Sheepmountain, And Seafoam Districts, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bull. 3, 21 P.

  • Deposit

    Varley, Thos., And Others, 1919, U.S. Bureau Of Mines Bull. 166, P. 74.

  • Deposit

    1930 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 33

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 87-83, 1983, Map No. 35, Appendix.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Ore Body Thought To Be Extension of Seafoam Mine Lode

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.