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Bell Boy Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015877
MRDS ID DB02150
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Boy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.36256, 46.73934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position AT THE HEAD OF TOWSLEY GULCH, ON A NORTH SLOPE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 006W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 2.1 KM NNE OF ROUNDTOP MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Fluorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Analytical data

Result ASSAY OF ORE BODY, $10-50/TON AU, 1-3 OZ/TON AG, 8-30% PB

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.36256, 46.73934
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Marysville Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike S 50 E
    Dip 65-70 SW
    Length 243.84M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1888

Mining district

District name Marysville District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gus Zimmerman
    First year 1926
  • Type Owner
    Owner Owen Byrnes
    First year 1926

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1888-1891 IT PRODUCED $500000 CHIEFLY IN AU.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE AMOUNTS OF ORE ARE THOUGHT TO BE PRESENT ABOVEAND BELOW CURRENT WORKINGS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT ADIT, DRIFTS, SEVERAL STOPES, "GLORY HOLE" PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPLORED 300 FT. ON THE DIP, LIMITS UNKNOWN . VEIN CHARACTERS OF FILLED BRECCIAS WITH CONGLOMERITIC MASSES SURROUNDED BY BIOTITE AND CHLORITE. COMPLEX MINERALIZATION HISTORY, FISSURING, BRECCIATION, CHALCOPYRITE-FLUORITE-GALENA MINERALIZATION, POST MINERAL MOVEMENT OF FAULT, BIOTITE-CHLORITE COATING, PARTIAL OXIDATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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