Silver Bell Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Molybdenum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050819
MRDS ID N000194
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site #3682

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.59985, 38.77103 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ghost Dance Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 10N 30E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Siderite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.59985, 38.77103

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION OCCURS BELOW GILLIS THRUST FAULT. VEIN MATERIAL SEEN ON OLD LOADING DOCK CONSISTS MAINLY OF CALCITE, AND SOME GALENA IN REPLACEMENT ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fitting

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, PITS, OLD CABIN

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SOME ORE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED FROM LOADING DOCK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N.L., 1966, REPORT OF FIELD EXAMINATION NBMG FILES.

  • Deposit

    SILVER BELL MINE, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO.; QUADE, JACK NBMG SAMPLE SITE # 3682 VISIT 5/16/89; NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1989 Quade, Jack Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.