The Blue Bell Mine is a gold, lead, copper, and silver mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 5,679 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: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.96611, -112.31833
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Blue Bell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bell Mine
Secondary: Marsh
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Pipestone District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ed Scheitlin
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1909
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: East Ridge
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VERTICAL SHEET
Structure
Type: R
Description: Located In Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): SEPARATE PRODUCTION FIGURES GIVEN FOR BLUE BELL AND MARSH BUT FIELD EXAMINATION OF PROPERTY SHOW ONLY ONE DEVELOPED MINE; PRODUCTION HAS BEEN SUMMED. ALSO PRODUCED 2.2 THOU. LBS CU.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: LITTLE ROOM IN BOTTOM OF CANYON FOR DEVELOPMENT - NEARBY STREAM WILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEM - REMOTE LOCATION
Comment (Workings): MINE CONSISTS OF 220 M ADIT INTO VEIN WHICH OUTCROPS ON EAST WALL OF STEEP CANYON. VEIN TERMINATED BY FAULTING AT CANYON BOTTOM. SHAFT AT MOUTH OF ADIT PROBABLY NOT DEEP - NO HOISTING MACHINERY. ALL WORKINGS ARE NOW CAVED AND WERE FLOODED IN 1960.
Comment (Location): ADIT ON MAP
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBY, ET AL, 1960, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 1
Reference (Deposit): 1960 RECON MBM
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL. 16
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.
