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Northern Belle Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Antimony, Manganese, Uranium
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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. 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 10037542
MRDS ID M035481
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Belle Mine
Alternate or previous names Argentum

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08372, 38.1566 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position NE FLANK CANDELARIA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candelaria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 035E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO ARGENTUM MINE TO THE WEST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bindheimite Ore
Galena Ore
Jamesonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Candelaria Formation
    Rock description Candelaria Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Candelaria Fault Cuts Veins At Depth

Ore body information

  • General form COMPLEX, PARALLEL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Anomalous Radioactivity Noted Along Iron-Stained Seam On The 1,700 Ft Level

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: REFER TO RECORD NO. M035480

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1864
Production years 1871 - 1883

Mining district

District name Candelaria

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • BY THE END OF 1883 , NORTHERN BELLE PRODUCED MORE THAN $10,000,000 IN ORE. 1915 - 1925 EFFORTS TO MINE REMNANT OXIDIZED ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • 1,365 FT SHAFT AND SEVERAL MILES OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 56

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BG = 0.025 MR/HR; HIGH = 0.15 MR/HR
Deposit THE NORTHERN BELLE WAS THE FIRST MINE DEVELOPED IN THE DISTRICT. NO ADEQUATE MINERALOGICAL EXPLANATION FOR THE HIGH CONTENT OF SILVER IN THE NORTHERN BELLE. GALENA IS SCARCE, AND NO NATIVE SILVER, OR SILVER COMPOUNDS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Fiebelkorn U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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