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Bell Mine

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046001
MRDS ID M233907
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60033, 41.64185 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position LOCATED AT SPRING ON W. END OF BELL CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Texas Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 065E 03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Knoll Mt. Stock And Associated Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45

  • Deposit

    HOPE, R.A.& COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV.: USGS OFR 76-779

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MATERIAL FROM DUMP, A BRECCIA GREY CHERT, FINE GRAINED QUARTZITIC WITH FE-OX & SILICA CEMENT. OUTCROP OF QUARTZITE TO NORTH OF OLD MINE, ACROSS CANYON TO NORTH IS LOCATED WITH WHITE-MILKY QUARTZ VEINLETS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit COPPER PROSPECT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Weimer, Becky S. 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

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