Copper Bell Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019018
MRDS ID DC08219
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Bell Mine
Related records 10159435

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.86145, 45.28546 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 1/2 MILE NW OF ARGENTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Argenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 010W 29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN JACK RABBIT MINE AND THE MAULDIN GROUP MINE IN SECT. 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SURFACE OXIDIZED ORE ASSAYED 0.6 OZ AU/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Argenta Stock
    Rock description Argenta Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.86145, 45.28546

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Argenta Stock, North Trending Faults And Fissures.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 05 E
    Dip 80 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN REPORTEDLY HAS SLICKEN SIDED WALLS. ; GEOL.DESC: SULFIDE, OXIDE ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer J.P. Fletcher

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. S. Cohen
    Home office Butte, Mt.
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • GEACH GIVES PRODUCTION FIGURES COMBINED WITH JACK RABBIT MINE. SHENON ESTIMATES PRODUCTION AS NOT OVER ONE CAR.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 34.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN WAS OPENED BY A 112-FT. SHAFT WITH 45, 60, AND 112-FT. LEVELS, LOWER LEVEL WAS SULPHIDE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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