Belle Isle

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174103
MAS/MILS ID 0320070292
Record type Site
Current site name Belle Isle
Alternate or previous names Commando

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.23153, 41.3174 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040 N 051 E 34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.23153, 41.3174

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tuscarora

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 25, 1936, P. 29-32.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 54, 1957, P. 152, 163-165.

  • Deposit

    NOTE: THIS MINE HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE TUSCARORA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPEN PIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-NOV-90 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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