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Leadbelle Mine

Past Producer in Bannock county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078013
MRDS ID W026123
MAS/MILS ID 0160050066
Record type Site
Current site name Leadbelle Mine
Alternate or previous names Leadville Mine, Lead Bell

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.94552, 42.54742 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 19 MI SW OF SODA SPRINGS; 7 MI WSW OF TURNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bannock(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sedgwick Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Portneuf(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bannock

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010S 039E 18 NWSESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Brigham Formation-Quartzite;Ute Formation-Limestone
    Rock description Brigham Formation-Quartzite;Ute Formation-Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.94552, 42.54742
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1914

Mining district

District name Turner Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • Mine Produced During Wwi

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NALWALK, A. J., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF A PORTION OF SOUTHERN PORTNEUF RANGE, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, P. 51

  • Deposit

    V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981, PRESTON QUAD, LOCATION NO. 70

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 27-SEP-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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