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Bellehelen Merger Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072150
MRDS ID W016437
Record type Site
Current site name Bellehelen Merger Mine
Alternate or previous names Ruby Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.46756, 38.08327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Relative position 1.1 MILES SE OF SQUAWTIP PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellehelen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 050E 07 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 1951-ORE CONTAINED ABOUT 50 OZ/TON AG. 1980-1% AG, 50 PPM AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N76E
    Dip 70 NW
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Control By Northwest-Trending Lineaments, Closely Spaced N 76 E, 70 W Fissure Zones, And North Trending Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bellehelen District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pacific States Mining And Milling Co. And Tonopah Kawich Mining Co.
    First year 1922
  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Gold Corp.
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT PRODUCED IN 1923 AND 1927.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS; A LONG CROSSCUT ADIT TRENDING N 16 W; TWO SHAFTS; AN OPEN STOPE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J., AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME ORE SHOOTS MEASURED 100 FT BY 200 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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