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Blue Bell Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069765
MRDS ID W007441
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell Mine
Alternate or previous names Marsh
Related records 10148870

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.31921, 45.96601 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI SOUTHEAST OF DELMOE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delmoe Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 006W 35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ADIT ON MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite;Aplite
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite;Aplite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.31921, 45.96601
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Located In Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form VERTICAL SHEET
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 80
    Width 2M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Or Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1909

Mining district

District name Pipestone District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ed Scheitlin

Comments on the production information

  • SEPARATE PRODUCTION FIGURES GIVEN FOR BLUE BELL AND MARSH BUT FIELD EXAMINATION OF PROPERTY SHOW ONLY ONE DEVELOPED MINE; PRODUCTION HAS BEEN SUMMED. ALSO PRODUCED 2.2 THOU. LBS CU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 220M
    Overall depth 150M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF 220 M ADIT INTO VEIN WHICH OUTCROPS ON EAST WALL OF STEEP CANYON. VEIN TERMINATED BY FAULTING AT CANYON BOTTOM. SHAFT AT MOUTH OF ADIT PROBABLY NOT DEEP - NO HOISTING MACHINERY. ALL WORKINGS ARE NOW CAVED AND WERE FLOODED IN 1960.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LITTLE ROOM IN BOTTOM OF CANYON FOR DEVELOPMENT - NEARBY STREAM WILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEM - REMOTE LOCATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBY, ET AL, 1960, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 1

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON MBM

  • Production

    MBMG BULL. 16

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey

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