Beaver District
Overview
Other Names: Blue Basin, Maggie Creek
County: Elko
Commodities:barite, turquoise, silver, gold
Comments
Includes Beaver and other creeks north of Dalton Peak that drain into Maggie Creek along the east slope of the Tuscarora Mountains. Blue Basin is in the Independence Range, east of Maggie Creek, east of the present Beaver district.
References
Lotz, 1934, p. 18; Smith, 1976, p. 25; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 38
Bell District
Overview
Other Names: Olympic, Simon, OMCO, Cedar Mountain
County: Mineral
Discovered: 1879
Commodities: silver, lead, zinc, gold, tungsten, molybdenum, mercury, iron, arsenic
Comments
Located in the Cedar Mountain Range. The district is sometimes is divided into the Olympic (OMCO) and Simon districts on the north, and the Cedar Mountain district on the south. A portion of the Athens district in the eastern foothills of the Cedar Mountains, in Nye County, is sometimes included in the Bell district.
References
Lincoln, 1923, p. 138; Stoddard, 1932, p. 59; Vanderburg, 1937a, p. 17; Bailey and Phoenix, 1944, p. 117; Ross, 1961, p. 78; Horton, 1962 La Heist, 1964, p. 66; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 113
Bell Placer District Description
This district is in the northern Cedar Mountains in southeastern Mineral county. Some placer gold was recovered from the Valley View claim (unseated) in 1935. The gold was probably derived from erosion of the gold-(lver)? quartz veins in volcanic rocks. Literature: Ross, 1961.
Bell Mountain District
Overview
Other Names: Fairview
County: Churchill
Discovered: 1914
Commodities: silver, gold
Comments
Includes the Bell Mountain Mine and the surrounding low hills lying generally northeast of Bell Flat. The district is sometimes included in the Fairview district.
References
Stoddard, 1932, p. 17; Gianella, 1945, p. 11; Schrader, 1947, p. 135; Tingley, 1990, p. 18
Bellehelen District
Overview
County: Nye
Commodities: silver, lead, gold, copper, vanadium, titanium
Comments
The Bellehelen district is located in the northern Kawich Range, about 10 miles southsouthwest of Warm Springs. The district includes the old camp of Bellehelen, in Bellehelen Canyon, and the area at the head of Neversweat Canyon.
References
Stuart, 1909, p. 91; Hill, 1912, p. 219; Lincoln, 1923, p. 159; Stoddard, 1932, p. 63; Kral, 1951, p. 17; Beal, 1963, p. 20; Bonham, 1976; Schilling, 1976; Kleinhampl and Ziony, 1984, p. 53
