Bellander

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037264
MRDS ID M031226
Record type Site
Current site name Bellander
Alternate or previous names Pauline Mine
Related records 10126092

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.20028, 39.12438 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lehman Caves(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hamlin-Snake Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 069E 01,02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN MILLER BASIN WASH AND SILVER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 9 % PB, 7 OZ/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.20028, 39.12438

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Monzonite And Quartz Monzonite Approx 2 Miles To The North

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 35 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1933

Mining district

District name Black Horse

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • THE ORE AVERAGED 9% LEAD AND 7% SILVER PER TON

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE SHOOT WAS STOPED FOR 50 FT ALONG STRIKE AT SURFACE AND 10 FT NEAR BOTTOM OF A 100 FT WINZE DOWN THE 30N RAKE. TRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, CLARK, & SMITH, 1976 GEO AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEO. BULL 85

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 50-83.

  • Deposit

    TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR THE BLM.

  • Production

    HOSE 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PODS OF PB-AG ORE OCCUR WITH MANGANESE AND IRON STAINS ALONG A BEDDING PLANE FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-79 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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