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Silver Bell Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198583
MRDS ID M031301
MAS/MILS ID 0320330068
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell Mine
Alternate or previous names Scheelite Chief Mine, Tungsten Metals Mine, Silver Bell

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.34584, 38.79185 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minerva Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 068 E 28 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.34584, 38.79185
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85W
    Dip 45N
    Thickness 1M
    Length 458M
    Width 27M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N85W:45N
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 820222

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Shoshone

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Swansea Cons. Mining Co.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 275M
    Overall depth 73M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Capacity 50
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 20
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 4648, 1950, 13 P.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 85, 1976, P. 76; PLATE 2.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1343-B, 1983,

  • Deposit

    P. 3-4 (TEXT).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUN-93 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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