Bell Claim Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295287
MAS/MILS ID 0320231115
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Silver Queen, Silver Cord, Magnolia, Bell Nos. 1-97, Bel Claim Group, Silver Champion Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.89061, 38.61463 (WGS84)
Elevation 2332
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(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

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 045 E 23 NWNWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.89061, 38.61463

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • ACCORDING TO NYE COUNTY BLM MAST TITLE PLATS, THIS GROUP WAS LOCATED IN 1984 BY WESTERN NUCLEAR INC.

Mining district

District name Belmont District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-4, MAP

  • Deposit

    AND SAMPLE 2018.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984, P. 57,

  • Deposit

    FIGURE B-17.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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