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Silver Bell

Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodities 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010534
MRDS ID D004296
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.99808, 45.25546 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 3.5 MILES SW OF VIRGINIA CITY

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007S 003W 05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE MINE IS SITUATED ALONG WILLIAMS CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Belt Gneiss (Cherry Creek Series)
    Rock description Pre Belt Gneiss (Cherry Creek Series)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.99808, 45.25546
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virginia City

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Evans And Rogers
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE WAS MINED BEFORE 1900'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LORAIN, S, 1937, GOLD LODE MINING-TOBACCO ROOT MTNS, MADISON CO, MONT, USBM INF CIRC 6972 P. 55

  • Deposit

    STOUT, K, ACKERMAN, W, 1958, DIRECTORY OF KNOWN MINING ENTERPRISES, 1958, MBMG BULL 10, P. 43

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE USBM. INF CIRC. 6972

  • Deposit

    1958 COMPILE MBMG BULL 10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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