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Blue Bell Mill Site

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222168
MAS/MILS ID 0320239014
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell Mill Site

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -116.88732, 38.98803 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jet Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 045 E 10 NENE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -116.88732, 38.98803
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northumberland District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT, AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT

  • Deposit

    PART OF THE TOQUIMA RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GIVEN THE NAME BLUE BELL BECAUSE IT PROCESSED ORES FROM THE BLUE BELL MINE. ORGINAL NAME IS UNKNOWN. LOCATED WITHIN A LARGE CLAIM BLOCK KNOWN AS HOODOO CLAIM GROUP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-OCT-94 Schmauch, Steven W. 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

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