The Copper Bell Mine is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Beaverhead county, Montana at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.28556, -112.86056
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Copper Bell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Bell Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
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
Owner Name: J. S. Cohen
Home Office: Butte, Mt.
Years: 1963 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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: Argenta Stock, North Trending Faults And Fissures.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
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
Analytical Data: SURFACE OXIDIZED ORE ASSAYED 0.6 OZ AU/TON.
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Lead
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Location): BETWEEN JACK RABBIT MINE AND THE MAULDIN GROUP MINE IN SECT. 29.
Comment (Production): GEACH GIVES PRODUCTION FIGURES COMBINED WITH JACK RABBIT MINE. SHENON ESTIMATES PRODUCTION AS NOT OVER ONE CAR.
Comment (Workings): VEIN WAS OPENED BY A 112-FT. SHAFT WITH 45, 60, AND 112-FT. LEVELS, LOWER LEVEL WAS SULPHIDE ORE.
Comment (Geology): VEIN REPORTEDLY HAS SLICKEN SIDED WALLS. ; GEOL.DESC: SULFIDE, OXIDE ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 6, P. 77.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 85, P. 47.
Reference (Deposit): 1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8
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.
