Mine detail: Silver Bell Mine

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Location: Butte County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.5016, -113.61758
dep_id: 10071914
mrds_id: W015683
mas_id: 160230008
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Manganese
Trace mineral: Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite, Rhodochrosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_type: Latite
arock_unit: Challis Volcanics-Latite And Latite Tuff
arock_type: Latite
Year first produced: 1928
References:
  • 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
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