Bellander

The Bellander is a silver and lead mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.

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: Bellander
Secondary: Pauline Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Black Horse

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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
Discovery Year: 1933
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Monzonite And Quartz Monzonite Approx 2 Miles To The North

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Ash-Flow Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGED 9 % PB, 7 OZ/T AG

Materials

Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Production): THE ORE AVERAGED 9% LEAD AND 7% SILVER PER TON

Comment (Deposit): PODS OF PB-AG ORE OCCUR WITH MANGANESE AND IRON STAINS ALONG A BEDDING PLANE FAULT.

Comment (Location): BETWEEN MILLER BASIN WASH AND SILVER CREEK

Comment (Workings): ORE SHOOT WAS STOPED FOR 50 FT ALONG STRIKE AT SURFACE AND 10 FT NEAR BOTTOM OF A 100 FT WINZE DOWN THE 30N RAKE. TRENCH.

References

Reference (Production): HOSE 1976

Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR THE BLM.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 50-83.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, CLARK, & SMITH, 1976 GEO AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEO. BULL 85

Nevada Gold

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.