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Bell Nickel Mine

Prospect in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Cobalt, Nickel
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197308
MRDS ID W000700
MAS/MILS ID 0320010045
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Nickel Mine
Alternate or previous names Bell Nickel, Cottonwood Canyon Nickel Mine, Mustang Nos. 1-4, Nickel Mine, London and Liverpool Mines, Cottonwood Claims
Related records 10105494, 10246349

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.90766, 39.9902 (WGS84)
Elevation 1399
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bolivia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 036 E 35 W2NWSW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: NDMG BULL. 81 ERRONEOUSLY REPORTS THE LEGAL LOCATION OF THE COTTONWOOD CLAIMS AS SEC. 10, T. 22 N., R. 36 E. THE NICKEL MINE AND THE LOVELOCK MINE (0320010514) ARE IN SECS. 35 AND 34, RESPECTIVELY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Conglomerate, limestone, and quartz sandstone
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Table Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank M. Maloney
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Oddie, T. L.
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 414, 1909, P. 57-58.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 32, 1939, 21 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7093, 1940, P. 45-47.

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECONN. REPORT 3308.

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECONN. REPORT 3738.

  • Deposit

    U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECONN. REPORT 3731.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 81, 1973, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, P. 84.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-APR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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