Oro Belle Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116064
MRDS ID M023611
MAS/MILS ID 0060710157
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Belle Mine
Alternate or previous names Oro Belle, Castle Mountain 0060711074, Oro Belle Pit
Related records 10035722

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.09773, 35.28781 (WGS84)
Elevation 1440
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hart Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014 N 017 E 13 SESWSE California

Comments on the location information

  • ORIGINAL LOCATION OF THE ORO BELLE MINE WHICH WILL BE DESTROYED BY THE NEW ORO BELLE OPEN PIT. ALSO SEE CASTLE MOUNTAIN MAS FILE SEQ# 0060711074

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.09773, 35.28781

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hart

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Viceroy Resources Corp.
    Interest 75
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mk Gold Co.
    Interest 25
    Home office Utah
    Year 1997

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    NO. 157, P. 51-52.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 275, 1956, P. 159-160.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-7, 1985,

  • Deposit

    NO. 30, PLATES 6A AND 7.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-90, 1990, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 2, NO. 323, P. 131.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1997, P275.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P152 "CASTLE MOUNTAIN".

  • Deposit

    VICEROY RESOURCES CORP., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 10, 22.

  • Deposit

    CASTLE MOUNTAIN PROJECT, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA:

  • Deposit

    FINAL EIS/EIR; #890053, AUGUST, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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