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Silver Bell Mine

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094806
MRDS ID DC10790
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21366, 46.04157 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.2 KM NW OF THE SUMMIT OF RATIO MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ratio Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 005W 03 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF ST. ANTHONY MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21366, 46.04157
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 87 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 60.96M
    Width 1.37M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Whitetail District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Gillespie
    Home office Whitehall, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 160.02M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLACK QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANITE THEN IT CHANGES INTO A VEIN OF GALENA-IMPREGNATED QUARTZ MONZONITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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