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Bell Mine

Unknown in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294912
MRDS ID W014672
MAS/MILS ID 0300570581
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Mine
Alternate or previous names Alder Gulch, Belle Mine, Alder Gulch Mine
Related records 10105717

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.93196, 45.266 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ruby(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006 S 003 W 35 S2NWSE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CALLED THE BELLE MINE ON THE USGS VIRGINIA CITY 15 MIN TOPO SHEET. LOCATED APPROXIMATELY2 MILES SE PAST VIRGINIA CITY ALONG ALDER GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.93196, 45.266
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alder Gulch

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM & G MEM 15, 1935, P46

  • Deposit

    VIRGINIA CITY 15 MIN USGS TOPO SHEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-97 Buckingham, David A. 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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