Bellview Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037265
MRDS ID M031227
Record type Site
Current site name Bellview Mine
Alternate or previous names 7-11 Mine
Related records 10310445, 10174799

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.63118, 40.08659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2204
Relative position W SIDE OF RUBY MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walker Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruby Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
26N 56E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N Striking Fractures Dipping Steeply East Or West

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED ZONES ABOUT 15 FEET WIDE CONTAIN IRREGULAR VEINLETS OF GALENA A FEW FEET LONG AND 1/2 INCH WIDE PARALLEL TO THE FRACTURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chase

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF PB-AG ORE PRODUCED IN 1951 AND 1954. ORE AVERAGED 10% PB AND 1 OUNCE AG/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT DIMENSIONS UNKNOWN, 300 FT WEST OF SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE, SMITH, 1976, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO., NEV., NEV BUREAU MINES BULL 85

  • Production

    HOSE ET AL, 1976

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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