Mine detail: Blue Bell Mine

Previously called 'Leonard Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.80444, -113.45333

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Arsenic
Ore:	Copper, Gold, Malachite
Gangue:	Enargite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1957

Geology

Host rock:	Jefferson Limestone{Maywood Formation;Red Lion Formation{Hasmark Formation{Silver Hill Formation{Flathead Formation;Missoula Group
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Bearmouth Overthrust
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	DC11197
DEP	10019712
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 660, P. 214-20, 223-4.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 10, P. 48.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 8, P. 11, 31}
Reporter	Unknown, Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.), Schruben, Paul