The Silver Bell is a copper mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,101 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 44.55519, -117.05884
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Silver Bell MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Bell
Secondary: Bell Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Mineral District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ladd Metal Co.
Home Office: Portland, Or
Years: 1922 -
Owner Name: Melzer, Emil
Home Office: Baker, Or
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1887
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Cuddy Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend.
Type: L
Description: Trough Was Formed By A Westerly Dipping Basalt Dike And An Easterly Dipping Ore-Bearing Seam.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidization, Sericitic
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CONTAINS .9 - 1.25% CU AND 10 TO 28 OZ. AG/TON.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINE IS COMPOSED OF 3 ADITS AND 2000 FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. MOST OF THE MINE IS INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Geology): THE ANDESITIC ROCKS ARE PORPHYRITIC, GREEN IN COLOR, FELDSPARS ARE NOT DETERMINABLE.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ - DIORITE INTRUSION WAS FOUND IN THE LOWER MINE TUNNELS.
Comment (Location): LOCATED EAST OF SILVER STILL GROUP.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925, RECON. OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MTN. MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, P. 19.
Reference (Deposit): TURNER, H. W., 1908, ORE DEPOSITS AT MINERAL IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V 3, NO. 6, P. 492 - 502.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1963, SILVER MINERALIZATION IN THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 58, NO. 8, P. 1195 - 1217.
Reference (Deposit): 5) BELL, R. N., 1920, TWENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1919, P. 87 - 88.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 COMPILE 21ST ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1919
Reference (Deposit): 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 13
Reference (Deposit): 1952 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95
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