The Silver Bell Group (CH_201) is a silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,100 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: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.5381, -115.13470
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Silver Bell Group (CH_201) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Bell Group (CH_201)
Secondary: Burns Group
Secondary: Lucky Boy
Secondary: Day No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Seafoam 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Elmer E. Ogren
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1982
Owner Name: S. M. Burns
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS FOUND TRACE - 0.35 OZ AU/TON, 38 OZ AG/TON, 30% PB.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): 7 Unpatented Claims
Comment (Deposit): Ore Body Thought To Be Extension of Seafoam Mine Lode
Comment (Workings): 3 Tunnels
References
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1930, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Seafoam, Alder Creek, Little Smoky, And Willow Creek Mining Districts, Custer And Camas Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 33, 26 P.
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J.B., And Livingston, D.C., 1920, A Reconnaissance In South-Central Idaho, Embracing The Thunder Mountain, Big Creek, Stanley Basin, Sheepmountain, And Seafoam Districts, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bull. 3, 21 P.
Reference (Deposit): Varley, Thos., And Others, 1919, U.S. Bureau Of Mines Bull. 166, P. 74.
Reference (Deposit): 1930 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 33
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 87-83, 1983, Map No. 35, Appendix.
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