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Blue Bell Mine

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Arsenic
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019712
MRDS ID DC11197
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell Mine
Alternate or previous names Leonard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.45333, 46.80444 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.45 KM S OF COPPER CLIFF AND 400 FT HIGHER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Union Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 015W 11 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • C SW/4 SEC 11, 4.2 KM WSW OF UNION PEAK
  • Political location in record is Missoula county. However, lat/long fall just inside adjacent Granite county. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 46-48-16N 113-27-12W (46.80444 -113.45333); UTM N<blank> E<blank> Z<blank>; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 012N, RNG 015W, Sect 11, Sect_fract <blank>. Relative position information field says 0.45 KM S OF COPPER CLIFF AND 400 FT HIGHER. Original lat/long is 0.75km S. Lat/long were recalculated using WGS84 datum, which moved the point to 0.52km S and original PLSS coords become correct.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Enargite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 7-10% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone{Maywood Formation;Red Lion Formation{Hasmark Formation{Silver Hill Formation{Flathead Formation;Missoula Group
    Rock description Jefferson Limestone{Maywood Formation;Red Lion Formation{Hasmark Formation{Silver Hill Formation{Flathead Formation;Missoula Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.45333, 46.80444
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bearmouth Overthrust

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 60NW
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 10 FT. BRECCIATED ZONE WITH OXIDIZED ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Copper Cliff District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ralph Gleason
    Home office Deer Lodge, Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • 21 CARLOADS PRE-1916

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, AN INCLINE 350 FT N OF SHAFT, RELOCATED AS BLUE BOY IN 1943 BY OLE DAHL, OLD SHAFT CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 06-AUG-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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