The Beliel Group is a copper and cobalt mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Cobalt
Lat, Long: 45.0972, -114.31140
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Beliel Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beliel Group
Secondary: Haynes - Stellite
Secondary: Ludwig
Secondary: Patty B
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Cobalt
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Blackbird District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1901
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BUNCHES, LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Age Old: Mesoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANOTHER SAMPLE RAN 1% Co AND 2% Ni (1913). SOME ORE HAD AVG. VALUES FROM 3 - 35% Co.
Analytical Data: 1 SAMPLE RAN 2% Co
Materials
Ore: Erythrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): 1901 John Beliel located a group of fourteen claims along the west fork of Blackbird Creek; Claims Relocated In 1939 Became Parts Of Haynes - Stellite Mine, Ludwig Property, And Patty B Property. ; Econ.Com: Transportation And Other Costs Made Shipments Unprofitable (1915).
Comment (Workings): Several Development Tunnels And Crosscuts
Comment (Location): Between Main Forks Of Blackbird Creek, Near Their Junction
Comment (Geology): From Umpleby(1913, p.72) "A sample representing 20 feet across the ledge, as exposed by tunnel on the west end of the Beliel group, averaged a fraction less than 2 per cent cobalt. The east end of this property afforded 2 per cent of nickel and less than 1 per cent of cobalt."
References
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528, 182 P.
Reference (Deposit): Bell, R. N., 1912, Thirteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1911.
Reference (Deposit): 1912 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Rept. For 1911
Reference (Deposit): 1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 528
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