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Blue Bell Mine

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094587
MRDS ID D009783
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Belt
Related records 10269203

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.98979, 45.66989 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 8.5 MI. S 10 W OF WISE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vipond Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 011W 08,17 S2 OF SE (08); N2 OF NE (17) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF SHEEP CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.98979, 45.66989
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill (Vipond) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS, FLOODED TO COLLAR (1972).

Comments on development

  • SHAFT PUMPED OUT IN 1963, BUT NO ORE FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 133

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY BEDDING-PLANE VEINS NOT EXPOSED AT SURFACE. DUMPS CONTAIN HONEYCOMBED QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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