The Utah - Bellevue Mine is a copper, lead, gold, and silver mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.4439, -114.31140
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Utah - Bellevue Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Utah - Bellevue Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Mineral Hill 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: Kelly, A.
Production
Year: 1922
Time Period: 1915-1922
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.13 Oz Au, 66.85 Oz Ag/Ton
Year: 1922
Time Period: 1915-1922
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 9.8% Pb, 17.7% Zn
Year: 1922
Time Period: 1915-1922
Material type: AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 1.0% As In 1922.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEAMS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): IN UPPER TOWNSEND GULCH
Comment (Production): GROSS VALUE OF PRODUCTION FROM 1915 - 1922 IS ABOUT $10,000.
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT IS A CROSSCUT 240 FT. LONG CONNECTING WITH A 1200 FT. DRIFT. A 50 FT. WINZE EXTENDS BELOW THE DRIFT AT A 45 DEG. ANGLE.
Comment (Geology): MANY OF SLIPS IN SHEAR ZONE ARE LINED WITH CHLORITIC MATERIAL.
References
Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90; UMPLEBY, J. B. AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS OF THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET 90, P. 32.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR - BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1 - 245.
Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 814
Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90
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