Mine detail: Silver Bell Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.5016, -113.61758

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Manganese
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite, Rhodochrosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1928

Geology

Host type:	Latite
Associated rock:	Challis Volcanics-Latite And Latite Tuff
Associated type:	Latite

References

MRDS	W015683
MAS	160230008
DEP	10071914
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Lava Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32, 70 P.}{Deposit:: Prinz, W. C., 1964, Mineral Resources - Manganese, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1, P. 116-119.}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1929, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)