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Blue Bell

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Alteration
  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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047007
MRDS ID M242247
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell
Alternate or previous names Virginia Copper No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.15748, 36.62971 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riverside(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Overton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 15S 70E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.15748, 36.62971
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Ernest Walker Of Mesquite Nevada 1958

Mining district

District name Bunkerville

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALL DOZER CUTS MARK THE SITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEAL, L.H., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BUNNERVILLE DIST, CLARK CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 63, P. 79-80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Lyles, B. F. 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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