Mine detail: Blue Bell Mine

Previously called 'Marsh'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.96601, -112.31921

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Zinc
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Orebody form:	VERTICAL SHEET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1909

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Butte Quartz Monzonite;Aplite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Located In Boulder Batholith
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W007441
DEP	10069765
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBY, ET AL, 1960, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA, MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 1}{Deposit:: 1960 RECON MBM}{Production:: MBMG BULL. 16}
Reporter	Krohn, Douglas H.