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Red Bell Mine

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10101569
MRDS ID D004989
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16754, 45.56184 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 9 MILES EAST OF WHITEHALL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 005W 24 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, NW 1/4, SECTION 24

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pony Gneiss
    Rock description Pony Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16754, 45.56184
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tobacco Root Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tidal Wave District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • 350 FT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN CRUSHED ZONE 150-FT FROM MOUTH OF TUNNEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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