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Blue Belle Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045592
MRDS ID M233364
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Belle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.01758, 40.51908 (WGS84)
Relative position NW OF SYLVANIA CLAIM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ravens Nest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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

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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 053E 04 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.01758, 40.51908
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Year of first production 1883

Mining district

District name Railroad

Comments on development

  • IN PRODUCTION 1883-1884 UNTIL THE PRICE OF COPPER FELL, FORCING CLOSURE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE 12TH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA FOR 1883-1884. CARSON CITY 1885

  • Deposit

    BLUE BELLE, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES, ELKO COUNTY, RAILROAD (BUILLION DIST.), TINGLEY.

  • Production

    STATE OF NEVADA, APPENDIX, (1885)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT VEIN
Deposit THE BLUE BELLE COPPER MINE WAS IN PRODUCTION IN 1883-1884 UNTIL THE PRICE OF COPPER FELL AND THE MINE SHUT DOWN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1990 Skurski, M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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