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Angelo Belli

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008818
MRDS ID D001238
Record type Site
Current site name Angelo Belli
Alternate or previous names Black Rock
Related records 10246933, 10295677

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.26759, 40.66658 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Emigrant Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 051E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 100 IN; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BELLEVUE PEAK (1956) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Pogonip Limestone
    Rock description Pogonip Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 17702.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PROSPECT IS IN DOLOMITE LIMESTONE. THE VEIN VARIES IN WIDTH FROM A FEW INCHES TO TWO FEET AND IS TRACEABLE ON THE SURFACE FOR OVER A MILE. SCHEELITE OCCURS AS SCATTERED CRYSTALS UP TO 2" IN DIAMETER IN A GANGUE OF QUARTZ, CALCITE, LIMONITES, AND COPPER OXIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Fish Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • A FEW SMALL SHIPMENTS OF SILVER ORE WERE MADE PRIOR TO 1900. SCHEELITE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1929, BUT NONE HAS BEEN PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N.B. OF M. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 72, REFERENCE NO. 3201100002

  • Deposit

    VANDERBERG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS, EUREKA CO. NEV, USBM 1C 7022

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit FIRST LOCATED IN 1882, AND A FEW SMALL SHIPMENTS OF SILVER ORE WERE MADE PRIOR TO 1900. IN 1929 SCHEELITE WAS DISCOVERED BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO TUNGSTEN PRODUCED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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