Angelo Belli

The Angelo Belli is a tungsten mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.

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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

Name: Angelo Belli  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 40.66667, -116.26667

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Angelo Belli MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Angelo Belli
Secondary: Black Rock


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Fish Creek District


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1882
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEIN

Comment (Geology): THE PROSPECT IS IN DOLOMITE LIMESTONE. THE VEIN VARIES IN WIDTH FROM A FEW INCHES TO TWO FEET AND IS TRACEABLE ON THE SURFACE FOR OVER A MILE. SCHEELITE OCCURS AS SCATTERED CRYSTALS UP TO 2" IN DIAMETER IN A GANGUE OF QUARTZ, CALCITE, LIMONITES, AND COPPER OXIDES.

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100 IN; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BELLEVUE PEAK (1956) 1:625000

Comment (Deposit): FIRST LOCATED IN 1882, AND A FEW SMALL SHIPMENTS OF SILVER ORE WERE MADE PRIOR TO 1900. IN 1929 SCHEELITE WAS DISCOVERED BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO TUNGSTEN PRODUCED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): A FEW SMALL SHIPMENTS OF SILVER ORE WERE MADE PRIOR TO 1900. SCHEELITE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1929, BUT NONE HAS BEEN PRODUCED


References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N.B. OF M. BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 72, REFERENCE NO. 3201100002

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBERG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS, EUREKA CO. NEV, USBM 1C 7022

Reference (Production): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.