The Bell Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Powell county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Bell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bell Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Emery (Zosell) 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: T. C. Calnan Et. Al., Robert M. And Albina Powell
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Form: BUNCHES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GT 10000 PPM ZN
Analytical Data: GT 20000 PPM PB
Analytical Data: 300 PPM CD
Analytical Data: 1000 PPM AS
Analytical Data: 200 PPM AG
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Lead
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SHORT DISTANCE NW OF BONANZA MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)
Comment (Production): ONE SHIPMENT 1912.
Comment (Deposit): ROBERTSON CLASSIFIES THE VEIN AS A LOW-ANGLE VEIN. MR. ZOSELL REPORTED THAT THE LODE IS A VERTICAL FISSURE WHICH HAS LEAD AND SILVER-BEARING MINERALS.
Comment (Workings): PITS, SHAFTS, TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): LOW ANGLE REVERSE FAULTS
Comment (Deposit): 7 ACRES DISTRUBED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): USFS FIELD REPORT
Reference (Deposit): USGS MEM 34, P. 17-18.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 283
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.
