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Bellview Deposit

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310445
MRDS ID M031227
MAS/MILS ID 0320330310
Record type Site
Current site name Bellview Deposit
Alternate or previous names 7-11 Mine
Related records 10037265, 10174799

Comments on the site identification

  • This record incorporates all material from the earlier record M031227 which covers the old underground Bellview lead mine. The current record covers the present day gold silver deposit that is centered on the same historic mine and extends beyond it.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.63257, 40.08659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2200
Relative position The Bellview deposit is located about 50 miles south of Elko, and 75 miles northwest of Ely, Nevada.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walker Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruby Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 26N 56E 35 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • The Bellview deposit is located on the southwest side of the Ruby Mountains at the head of Walker Canyon.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: gold, galena
  • Gangue Materials: quartz

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host rocks have been altered to jasperoid.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Eldorado Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Secret Canyon Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock type qualifier stock
    Rock unit name Bald Mountain Stock and associated intrusive rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Chronological age 159

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North- striking fractures dip steeply east or west
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold mineralization occurs near an anticlinal axis.

Ore body information

  • General form veinlets

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Formational contact, proximity to plution, and north- striking fractures that dip steeply east or west.

Comments on the geologic information

  • In the old workings, mineralized zones about 15 feet wide contain irregular veinlets of galena a few feet long and 1/2 inch wide parallel to the fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1988
Production years 1950s (lead-silver)

Mining district

District name Chase District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Ely Administrative District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Homestake Mining Co.
    Year 1996

Comments on the workings information

  • The historic mine is developed by a shaft and by an open cut 300 ft west of shaft. Recent drilling and surface exploration has been conducted in the mine area.

Comments on other economic factors

  • In 1988, the deposit was reported to contain 277,000 tons of ore grading 0.04 opt gold. In 1996, the deposit contains a drill-indicated geologic resource of approximately one million tons of ore grading 0.036 ounces of gold per ton. The historic workings produced few tons of lead-silver ore in the early 1950s.

Comments on development

  • The deposit was reportedly owned by Teck Resources in 1995, but was listed as owned by Homestake Mining Co. in 1996.
    A feasibility study was reportedly under way in 1996. Subsequent history is unknown.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Gold mineralization occurs near an anticlinal axis near the contact between the Cambrian Eldorado Dolomite and the Cambrian Secret Canyon Formation. Locally auriferous jasperoids are developed at this contact. Jasperoid breccia in old workings consists of limestone and milky comb quartz.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-2004 LaPointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-2007 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Homestake Mining Co. — acquired by Subsidiary of Barrick Gold (2001)
    Operator of the historic Homestake Mine in South Dakota; acquired by Barrick Gold in 2001.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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