Bell Marsh Queen Mine

Past Producer in Bannock county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10070373
MRDS ID W013271
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Marsh Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29643, 42.69052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 6 MI NW OF MCCAMMON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bannock(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scout Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Portneuf(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Idaho Bannock

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008S 036E 31 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 7 TON SHIPMENT OF OXIDE ORE RAN 7.1% COPPER AND 1 - 2 OZ SILVER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Swan Peak Quartzite
    Rock description Swan Peak Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Windermere Supergroup.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG W
    Length 60.96M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fort Hall District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Fred Neeser, Mc Cammon, Id.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ms. Bigalow

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 28.04M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT ADITS 75 FT LONG AND 17 FT LONG. BOTH WERE DRIVEN IN THE EARLY DAYS INTO THE HANGING WALL OF THE SHEAR ZONE.

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED AND 7 UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREEN, W. R., 1967, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT, 1 P

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON ID. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. OPEN - FILE REPT

  • Production

    GREEN, W. R., 1967, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN FILE REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Sommerfeld, Paul T.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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