West Bell Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096477
MRDS ID W026776
MAS/MILS ID 0160790395
Record type Site
Current site name West Bell Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.87352, 47.50377 (WGS84)
Elevation 978
Relative position 5 MI SW OF GEM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burke(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 005E 18 Idaho
Boise 048N 005E 11 SWNESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Canyon Creek.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Burke Formation
    Rock description Burke Formationt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Syenite and related rocks.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Lelande)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner West Bell Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 701.04M

Comments on development

  • 5 Patented claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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