The Bell Boy Mine is a gold mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.73944, -112.36167
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Bell Boy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bell Boy Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Marysville District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Owen Byrnes
Years: 1926 -
Owner Name: Gus Zimmerman
Years: 1926 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1888
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Marysville Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY OF ORE BODY, $10-50/TON AU, 1-3 OZ/TON AG, 8-30% PB
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Calamine
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): EXPLORED 300 FT. ON THE DIP, LIMITS UNKNOWN . VEIN CHARACTERS OF FILLED BRECCIAS WITH CONGLOMERITIC MASSES SURROUNDED BY BIOTITE AND CHLORITE. COMPLEX MINERALIZATION HISTORY, FISSURING, BRECCIATION, CHALCOPYRITE-FLUORITE-GALENA MINERALIZATION, POST MINERAL MOVEMENT OF FAULT, BIOTITE-CHLORITE COATING, PARTIAL OXIDATION.
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT ADIT, DRIFTS, SEVERAL STOPES, "GLORY HOLE" PIT
Comment (Location): 2.1 KM NNE OF ROUNDTOP MTN.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): LARGE AMOUNTS OF ORE ARE THOUGHT TO BE PRESENT ABOVEAND BELOW CURRENT WORKINGS.
Comment (Production): FROM 1888-1891 IT PRODUCED $500000 CHIEFLY IN AU.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 71-4
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 842, P. 71-4.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
