Blue Bell Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098028
MRDS ID DB02162
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell Mine

Geographic coordinates

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

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 006W 13 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1.4 KM SE OF BLOSSBURG.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Scapolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • 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)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    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) -112.30506, 46.62434

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Inclusion Of Limestone In Monzonite Or Garnet Veins In Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY SOME RICH COPPER ORE WAS SHIPPED BEFORE 1911.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT, A NUMBER OF SURFACE CUTS, A TUNNEL 175 FT BELOW COLLAR OF SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FEATURES SUGGEST THAT THE DEPOSIT IS GARNET VEIN. VEINLETS OF GARNET TRAVERSE THE MONZONITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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