Northern Belle Mine

The Northern Belle Mine is a gold mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Northern Belle Mine
Secondary: Northern Bell

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau/Berners Bay

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1896
Year Last Production: 1897
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: REPORTED GRADES OF 1-5 PPM AU, ORE SHIPPED AVERAGED 24 PPM AU, USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J095

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION OBTAINED FROM UNPUBLISHED MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Production): PRODUCED 23 OZ TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 0.407 OZ AU/TON, STONE AND STONE, 1983, P. 89

Comment (Development): MINED 1896-1897

Comment (Deposit): GOLD AND SULFIDE BEARING QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN 2-10 FT WIDE

Comment (Workings): NO DATA ON WORKINGS, ALTHOUGH THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME

Comment (Geology): VEIN FOLLOWS CONTACT BETWEEN GREENSCHIST AND DIORITE; OREBODY SIMILAR TO COMET VEIN

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: COMET MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): AU ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDES, BUT WAS APPARENTLY 78% FREE-MILLING

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 284, P. 32

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 160

Reference (Deposit): STONE, DAVID AND STONE, BRENDA, 1983, HARD ROCK GOLD, THE STORY OF THE GREAT MINES THAT WERE THE HEARTBEAT OF JUNEAU: SEATTLE, WA, VANGUARD PRESS, INC., P. 89

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J095

Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-095

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