Silver Bell

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10056033
MRDS ID	SP00285
Record type	Site
Current site name	Silver Bell

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-118.83947, 48.75956 (WGS84)
Relative position	ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF REPUBLIC.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bodie Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Washington	Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	038E	031W	28		Washington

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Silver	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Galena	Ore
Pyrite	Ore
Tetrahedrite	Ore
Quartz	Gangue
Sanidine	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte

Rock unit name

Klondike Mountain Formation

Rock description

Klondike Mountain Formation

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Eocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rocks	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	East-West Extension During The Eocene Resulted In Formation Of The Torada Creek Graben And Other Structures In Which A Thick Section Of Volcanic And Sedimentary Materials Was Deposited And Preserved (Holder And Others, 1989).

Controls for ore emplacement

The Deposit Is Contained In Brecciated And Silicified Trachyte. The Breccia Has A General Northeast Strike And Dips About 45w. The Breccia Is About 50-75 Ft Wide And Is Cemented With Quartz, Sanidine, And As Much As 4% Fluorite. The Deposit Is Near The Center Of The Zalla-M American Flag Mineralized Belt, Which Is Almost A Mile Long And Several Hundred Feet Wide (Moen, 1980, P. 69).

Comments on the geologic information

GEOLOGIC SETTING IS SIMILAR TO THAT AT THE AMERICAN FLAG MINE WHERE VOLCANIC ROCKS IN THIS PART OF THE TORODA CREEK GRABEN PLOT AS RHYOLITE ON A TAS DIAGRAM, BUT CONTAIN SPARSE PLAGIOCLASE AND MAFIC PHENOCRYSTS IN AN APHANITIC GROUNDMASS THAT CONTAINS ABUNDANT PLAGIOCLASE MICROLITES. PLAGIOCLASE PHENOCRYSTS ARE COMMONLY STRONGLY SERICITIZED, AND MAFIC MINERALS ARE GENERALLY REPLACED BY SOME COMBINATION OF CHLORITE, CALCITE, EPIDOTE, AND SPHENE; SHAPES OF ALTERED MAFIC MINERALS SUGGEST THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PYROXENE. THE PRESENCE OF SILICA STRINGERS AND VEINLETS IN SOME OF THESE ROCKS SUGGEST THAT SILICA WAS INTRODUCED DURING ALTERATION (STOFFEL, 1990, P. 11).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Production years	1907, 1940, 1980'S

Comments on the production information

HIGH-GRADE GOLD ORE WAS REPORTED SHIPPED FROM A SURFACE PIT PRIOR TO 1907. IN 1940 A 29-TON SHIPMENT GAVE NET SMELTER RETURNS OF $244.03 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 148). THE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IN THE 1980'S.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	SP00285

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.
Deposit

HOLDER, R.W.; GAYLORD, D.R.; HOLDER, G.A.M., 1989, PLUTONISM, VOLCANISM, AND SEDIMENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH CORE COMPLEX AND GRABEN DEVELOPMENT IN THE CENTRAL OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS, WASHINGTON. IN JOSEPH, N.L.; AND OTHERS, 1989, GEOLOGIC GUIDEBOOK FOR WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT AREAS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 86, P. 187-200.
Deposit

HUNTTING, M. T., 1949, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1949: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 17, 62 P.
Deposit

HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
Deposit

MOEN, W.S., 1980, MYERS CREEK AND WAUCONDA MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHEASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 73, 96 P., 6 PL.
Deposit

STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REPUBLIC 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-10, 62 P., 1 PL.
Deposit

WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS, A 50-FT SHAFT, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS. MOEN (1980, P. 70) REPORTED THAT DRILLING DONE BY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IN 1978 DILINEATED 124,000 TONS OF ROCK HAVING AN AVERAGE VALUE OF 5.46 OZ/TON AG AND 0.014 OZ/TON AU. MOEN (1980, P. 69) ALSO REPORTED ASSAYS ON THE SILICEOUS BRECCIA THAT RANGE FROM 0-30 OZ/TON AG; AS MUCH AS 120 FT OF BRECCIA ASSAYED 3.0 OZ/TON AG AND, A 13-FT SECTION ASSAYED AS MUCH AS 26.55 OZ/TON AG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS, A 50-FT SHAFT, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS. MOEN (1980, P. 70) REPORTED THAT DRILLING DONE BY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IN 1978 DILINEATED 124,000 TONS OF ROCK HAVING AN AVERAGE VALUE OF 5.46 OZ/TON AG AND 0.014 OZ/TON AU. MOEN (1980, P. 69) ALSO REPORTED ASSAYS ON THE SILICEOUS BRECCIA THAT RANGE FROM 0-30 OZ/TON AG; AS MUCH AS 120 FT OF BRECCIA ASSAYED 3.0 OZ/TON AG AND, A 13-FT SECTION ASSAYED AS MUCH AS 26.55 OZ/TON AG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-1991	Berger, Mary A.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-FEB-1994	Frank, Dave	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Wikidata: Q49448483 (Silver Bell Mine)

Silver Bell

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