Silver Bell Group (CH_510)

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071182
MRDS ID W014429
MAS/MILS ID 0160371027
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell Group (CH_510)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59032, 44.22599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 18 MI E. OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livingston Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 010N 016E 04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E. Side Slate Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Digenite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 3 CHIP SAMPLES ACROSS SHEAR ZONES: \n0.02 - 2.4% PB\n0.26 - 2.2% ZN\n0.007 - 0.017% CU\nTRACE AU\n7 OZ AG/TON\n3 CHIP SAMPLES ACROSS OXIDIZED ARGILLITE: \n0.02 OZ AU/TON\n0.07 OZ AG/TON\n0.002 - 0.004 % PB\n0.09 - 0.11 % ZN\n0.006 - 0.01 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.59032, 44.22599

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 45 DEG NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • Fractures Strike NE, Dip 45 Deg Nw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Pits, Adit

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open-File Report, 648 P.

  • Deposit

    Kern, R. R., 1972, Geology And Economic Deposits Of Slate Creek Area, Custer County, Idaho: Pocatello, Idaho, Idaho State Univ. M.S. Thesis, P. 76-78

  • Deposit

    Vannoy And Others, 1986, USGS Bull.1545e, P.277, Pl.3, No.57

  • Deposit

    Mitchell And Others, 1982, IBMG Mines And Prospects Of Challis Quad, No.306

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-1995 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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