The Blue Bell Mine is a copper mine located in Missoula county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Blue Bell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bell Mine
Secondary: Leonard Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Missoula
District: Copper Cliff District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ralph Gleason
Home Office: Deer Lodge, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1957
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Garnet Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bearmouth Overthrust
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 7-10% CU
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Enargite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): C SW/4 SEC 11, 4.2 KM WSW OF UNION PEAK
Comment (Production): 21 CARLOADS PRE-1916
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, AN INCLINE 350 FT N OF SHAFT, RELOCATED AS BLUE BOY IN 1943 BY OLE DAHL, OLD SHAFT CAVED
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 10 FT. BRECCIATED ZONE WITH OXIDIZED ORE.
Comment (Location): Political location in record is Missoula county. However, lat/long fall just inside adjacent Granite county. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 46-48-16N 113-27-12W (46.80444 -113.45333); UTM N
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 660, P. 214-20, 223-4.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 10, P. 48.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 8, P. 11, 31
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 660
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.
