Silver Bell

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Uranium
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037514
MRDS ID M035443
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.42234, 38.1966 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1.6 MI. WEST OF TEELS MARSH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Huntoon Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 032E 15,16,21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST. LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Analytical data

Result SELECT SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0.16 TO 1.23 PERCENT CU3O8 . UP TO 1.41 PERCENT EU3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.42234, 38.1966

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Star

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS AND TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BG = 0.05 MR/HR.; HIGH = 7.0 MR/HR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) 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.