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Bell Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043743
MRDS ID M231017
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Bell Mountain Homestake, Stockton Mine
Related records 10310500

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.13178, 39.18019 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 034E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.13178, 39.18019
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault That Strikes N70 Degrees E, Dips 50 Degrees S

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 50S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOOD ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH MANGANESE STAINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.5 g/mt Gold Major 1982
    Silver Ag 50 g/mt Silver Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROTECTED RECOVERY AFTER DILUTION PROJECTED TO BE 1.43 MT AU AND 37.5 MT AG FROM THE MILLION TON CENTRAL ORE ZONE, AN ADDITIONAL SEVERAL MILLION TONS OF LOWER GRADE ORE IS PRESENT IN AN EASTWARD EXTENSION OF THE ORE ZONE.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE IS ON A MASSIVE CALCITE VEIN THAT CUTS TERTIARY TUFFS AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH A FAULT WITH ORIENTATION N70E, 50S. MUCH OF THE CALCITE IN THE VEIN HAS BEEN REPLACED BY QUARTZ. THE ORE IS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED BUT TENDS TO OCCUR IN NARROW STREAKS OR BANDS. THE VEIN IS AT LEAST 30FEET WIDE IN PLACES AND HAS BEEN TRACED ON THE SURFACE FOR NEARLY ONE THOUSAND FEET. IT IS A COMPOUND STRUCTURE WITH A CALCITE-CEMENTED BRECCIA OF VOLCANIC ROCKS NEAR THE FOOTWALL AND BANDED, SOMEWHAT BRECCIATED CALCITE IN THE CENTRAL PART.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • SMALL

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947, NBMG FILES

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R.C., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY: NBMG BULL 83

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONA ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1973, THE STORY OF FAIRVIEW; HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, E.E., 1916, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, ITEM 14, FILE 7, ITEM 15. LOTS OF CORRESPONDENCE

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER 4/30/81, 8/27/81, 5/6/82, 7/29/82, 11/4/82, 4/16/81, 2/18/82

  • Deposit

    NEV. MIN. ASSN. BULL., JUL. 1981

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, 6/30/82

  • Deposit

    NAMER GOLD MIN. IND. NEWS, 6/22/84

  • Deposit

    MINING RECORD, 5/1/85

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG MI-1987

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

  • Reserve-Resource

    NBMG MI-1993

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1988 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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