Mine detail: Silver Bell

Previously called 'Bell Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.55519, -117.05884

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Gypsum, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1887

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Latite
Associated type:	Diorite,Latite
Structure:	Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend., Trough Was Formed By A Westerly Dipping Basalt Dike And An Easterly Dipping Ore-Bearing Seam.
Tectonic:	Island Arc
Alteration processes:	Oxidization, Sericitic

References

MRDS	W012758
MAS	160870126
DEP	10070081
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925, RECON. OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MTN. MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, P. 19.}{Deposit:: TURNER, H. W., 1908, ORE DEPOSITS AT MINERAL IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V 3, NO. 6, P. 492 - 502.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1963, SILVER MINERALIZATION IN THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 58, NO. 8, P. 1195 - 1217.}{Deposit:: 5) BELL, R. N., 1920, TWENTY - FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1919, P. 87 - 88.}{Deposit:: 1920 COMPILE 21ST ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1919}{Deposit:: 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 13}{Deposit:: 1952 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95}
Reporter	Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat