Silver Bell

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204834
MRDS ID M056792
MAS/MILS ID 0530470204
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell
Related records 10041644

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.84445, 48.75904 (WGS84)
Elevation 1432
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bodie Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038 N 031 E 25 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Silver Bell, Inc.
    ID 4502855
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Crown Resources Corp.
    ID 4502855
    Home office Canada
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH BULL 37-2 P 148

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. GEOL. AND EARTH RESOURCES, 1990, WA. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    NEWSLETTER, V. 18, NO. 1, P. 9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-91 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/12/1984
MSHA mine ID4502855
Mine name (MSHA)Silver Bell
Current operatorRocky Mines
Current controller (parent)Moore Jim
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references