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Silver Bell Mine

Occurrence in Washoe county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047284
MRDS ID M242561
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2409

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.50769, 40.84516 (WGS84)
Elevation 1689

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washoe(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Sawmill Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gerlach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smoke Creek Desert(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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 Washoe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 022E 08 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2409, DUMP SAMPLE OF HEAVILY FE-STAINED VUGGY QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 20% FE, 0.5% MG, 0.07% CA 0.1% TI, 1000 PPM MN, 200 PPMAG, 1000 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 100 PPM BA, 100 PPM CD, 5 PPM CO, 500 PPM CU, + 2000 PPM MO, + 20000 PPM PB, 5 PPM SC, 70 PPM V, +10000 PPM ZN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.50769, 40.84516
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Rhyolite Dike Contact?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deephole District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • LOWER ADIT OPEN, TRENDS N 80 E, SEVERAL HUNDRED FT LONG (ABOUT 500FT). UPPER ADIT OPEN, TRENDS N 87 E, FEW HUNDREDS OF FEET LONG. FEW SMALL CUTS ABOVE THIS ADIT SPREAD OUT ALONG SLOPE OF HILLSIDE. UPPER ADIT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT HIGHER IN ELEVATION THAN LOWER ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR., 1969, NBMG BULL 70, P. 59-60.

  • Deposit

    OVERTON, 1947, NBMG BULL 46, P. 61

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 7-8-84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLACK HORNFELS ASSOCIATED WITH GRANODIORITE; WHITE QUARTZ VEIN PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH RHYOLITE DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) 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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