| Deposit ID | 10098028 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB02162 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Bell Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.30506, 46.62434 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 1 MILE SE OF THE WEST PORTAL OF THE MULLAN TUNNEL OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Powell(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
MacDonald Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Powell |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 010N | 006W | 13 | NW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Scapolite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Bathoth) | ||||||
| Rock description | Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Bathoth) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -112.30506, 46.62434 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Width | 3.66M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Elliston District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 53.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB02162 |
MBMG BULL 98, P. 10.
USGS BULL 527, P. 79-80.
USGS BULL 842, P. 264.
MBMG BULL 98, P. 48.
MBMG BULL 98, P. 48; USGS BULL 527, P. 79.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FEATURES SUGGEST THAT THE DEPOSIT IS GARNET VEIN. VEINLETS OF GARNET TRAVERSE THE MONZONITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1979 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1981 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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