The Bella Mine is a silver, lead, and copper mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,099 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: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 45.27972, -112.85639
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Bella Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bella Mine
Secondary: Whopper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Montana
County: Beaverhead
District: Argenta District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1906
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: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone, Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): VEIN STARTS IN QUARTZ MONZONITE, BUT ENCOUNTERS LIMESTONE AT 50 FEET. (SHENON, 1931)
Comment (Deposit): SOLID SULPHIDE VEIN IS 3-FT. WIDE AT SURFACE, BUT MINERALIZATION EXTENDS FOR SEVERAL FEET ON EITHER SIDE OF VEIN.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WAS SUNT TO 200-FT IN 1906. 20-FT. CROSSCUT REACHED VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 6, P. 77
Reference (Deposit): 1931 RECON M.B.M.G. BULL. 6
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.
