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Bell Shaft

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044782
MRDS ID M232371
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99062, 39.50048 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 100 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Eldorado Dolomite
    Rock description Eldorado Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99062, 39.50048
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ruby Hill Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Highly Fractured-Permeable Zones In The Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE ZONES OCCUR AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS ALONG MORE PERMEABLE-FRACTURED ZONES IN THE UPPER PLATE OF THE RUBY HILL THRUST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 119., REFERENCE NO 3201100202

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., (1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS ALONG PERMEABLE FRACTURED ZONES
Deposit LOCATED IN THE RUBY HILL AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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