Bell Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096230
MRDS ID W013298
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.73481, 45.26679 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 10.1 MI N52E OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homer Youngs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 023E 04 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON S SIDE OF FREEMAN CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lemhi
    Rock description Lemhi
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.73481, 45.26679

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Miner Lake Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTH - SOUTH
    Dip W
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carmen Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: LOW GRADE COPPER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACKENZIE, W. O., 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A SECTION OF THE BEAVERHEAD RANGE, EAST OF SALMON, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 52 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL, DISCONTINUOUS, BEDDED VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 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.