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Belle Claim

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Vanadium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094231
MRDS ID D000032
Record type Site
Current site name Belle Claim
Alternate or previous names Maybelle
Related records 10124549

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49251, 35.82694 (WGS84)
Elevation 1329

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodsprings(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024S 058E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • DIVIDE BETWEEN LAVINA WASH & RAVINE THAT DRAINS TO MESQUITE VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bird Spring Limestone;Bird Spring Limestone
    Rock description Bird Spring Limestone;Bird Spring Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.49251, 35.82694
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Overthrusts
Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal & Thrust Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 80 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE WITHIN BLOCK OF DOLOMITIZED BIRD SPRING LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 139 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEV.: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 186 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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