Mine detail: Bella May Mine

Previously called 'MetalineMetaline Mining and Leasing'

Location:	Pend Oreille County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long:	48.84403, -117.39638
dep_id:	10042385
mrds_id:	M060151
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc, Silver, Lead
Minor mineral:	Copper
Trace mineral:	Uranium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Anglesite, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Wulfenite
gangue:	Calcite
orebody_fm:	IRREGULAR
work_type:	Unknown
alteration:	Silicification Of Dolomite
ore_ctrl:	General Stratigraphic Position 35-200 Ft. Below Ledbetter Slate
Reporter:	Puffett, Willard P.
hrock_unit:	Metaline Limestone-Silicified Dolomite;Ledbetter Slate-Black Slate, Argillite, Calcareous Argillite
hrock_type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Down Dropped Block Between Flume Creek And Slate Creek Faults., Metaline Thrust Fault And Many Normal Faults Plus Broad Folds Plunging Gently South And Southwest.
Year first produced:	1906
References:	Deposit:: PARK, C. F. JR. AND CANNON, R. S. JR., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE METALINE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 202, P. 65-67 Deposit:: DINGS, M. G. AND WHITEBREAD, D. H., 1965, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE METALINE ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT, PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 489, P. 66-90 Deposit:: PATTY, E. N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, P. 85-86 Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 366-367 Deposit:: 1936 GEOLMAP PARK AND CANNON, PROF. PAPER 202 Deposit:: 1945 GEOLMAP M. D. DINGS, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 489 Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 7872