Bell View Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265801
MAS/MILS ID 0160230074
Record type Site
Current site name Bell View Mine
Alternate or previous names Foss Mtn Iron Deposit, Lemhi Range Iron, Rothwell-Shaffer Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -113.18338, 44.198 (WGS84)
Elevation 2731
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Idaho Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010 N 027 E 13 NWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -113.18338, 44.198

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. J. Wilson
    Home office Idaho

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1962, HEMATITE VEINS AND HEMATITE REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS IN DOLOMITE, LEMHI AND BUTTE COUNTIES, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 29 P.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., SOREGAROLI, A. E., AND YOUNG, D. W., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE IRON DEPOSITS OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 67 P. (COPIES IN FILES AT MISSILE SITE; COPY OF IRON CAP IN MPF).

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1964, IRON IN WEISSENBORN, A. E., COMP., MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT 1, P. 104-111.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUR. MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 11-91, 1991, APPENDIX C, NO. 19, P. 138.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-JUN-1992 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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