Belilel Claims

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070516
MRDS ID W013480
MAS/MILS ID 0160590064
Record type Site
Current site name Belilel Claims
Alternate or previous names Mona Group, Bellielle

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-114.32926, 45.13045 (WGS84) 2073 20 MI. W. OF SALMON, IDAHO
(click for info)
Ore Body -114.3097, 45.13066 (WGS84) 2103 10000 This was location in MAS/MILS database, 10000, 10000

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gant Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 018E 27 Idaho
Boise 021 N 018 E 26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • JUST E. OF THE TOM JEFFERSON
  • There were slight differences between the old MRDS record and the MAS/MILS record so both numbers are included in the geocoordinate and location tables.
  • THE AREA CONTAINED IN THIS MAP IS UNSURVEYED AND IT IS HARD TO DETERMINE WHAT SECTION THIS PROPERTY IS IN. This comment is for the location data from MAS/MILS database.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cobaltite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .8 % NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Gabbro
    Rock description Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.32926, 45.13045
Ore Body (2) -114.3097, 45.13066

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer M. Belielle (1900)

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. G. Sims And F. W. Stevenson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on development

  • 10 STAMP MILL, AERIAL TRAMWAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: ABOUT 1900; RELOCATED 1939

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-75 Ortman, Dale; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Combined data from MAS/MILS record number 0160590064.

Beyond USGS

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