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Bel Claims

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Antimony, Vanadium
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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. 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037808
MRDS ID M042799
Record type Site
Current site name Bel Claims
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2078

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.87813, 38.60382 (WGS84)
Elevation 2274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 009N 045E 23 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2078 OF BRECCIATED VEIN AND DUMP MATERIAL CONTAINS 0.1% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.2% CA, 0.01% TI, 150 PPM MN, 70 PPM AG, 300 PPM BA, 10 PPM CR, 300 PPM CU, 700 PPM PB, 500 PPM SB, 300 PPM V, 300 PPM ZN.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.87813, 38.60382
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 45 NE
    Length 396.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belmont District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phelps Dodge Corp.
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF INCLINES ALONG A QUARTZ VEIN; ALSO PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1 OCT 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 99B, 1984

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEIN SYSTEM IS EXPOSED FOR A QUARTER OF A MILE ALONG ITS STRIKE LENGTH BY 7 FAIRLY SHALLOW INCLINES AND AN EQUAL NUMBER OF PROSPECTS. THE N 40 W, 45 NE VEIN IS HOSTED BY A BEDDING PLANE IN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Phelps Dodge Corp. — acquired by Subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan (2007)
    Acquired by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold in 2007 in what was then the largest mining-industry deal ever (~US$26 B).

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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