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Bella Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10102045
MRDS ID DC11721
Record type Site
Current site name Bella Mine
Alternate or previous names Whopper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.85728, 45.27962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position ON SOUTH BANK OF RATTLESNAKE CK., EAST OF ARGENTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Argenta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 010W 29 NE OF SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Argenta Stock
    Rock description Argenta Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.85728, 45.27962
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone, Stock

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN STARTS IN QUARTZ MONZONITE, BUT ENCOUNTERS LIMESTONE AT 50 FEET. (SHENON, 1931)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer A.H. French
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WAS SUNT TO 200-FT IN 1906. 20-FT. CROSSCUT REACHED VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 6, P. 77

  • Deposit

    1931 RECON M.B.M.G. BULL. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOLID SULPHIDE VEIN IS 3-FT. WIDE AT SURFACE, BUT MINERALIZATION EXTENDS FOR SEVERAL FEET ON EITHER SIDE OF VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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