The Bell Mountain Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Bell Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bell Mountain Mine
Secondary: Bell Mountain Homestake
Secondary: Stockton Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault That Strikes N70 Degrees E, Dips 50 Degrees S
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROTECTED RECOVERY AFTER DILUTION PROJECTED TO BE 1.43 MT AU AND 37.5 MT AG FROM THE MILLION TON CENTRAL ORE ZONE, AN ADDITIONAL SEVERAL MILLION TONS OF LOWER GRADE ORE IS PRESENT IN AN EASTWARD EXTENSION OF THE ORE ZONE.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Geology): GOOD ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH MANGANESE STAINS
Comment (Other Database): SMALL
Comment (Workings): MINE IS ON A MASSIVE CALCITE VEIN THAT CUTS TERTIARY TUFFS AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH A FAULT WITH ORIENTATION N70E, 50S. MUCH OF THE CALCITE IN THE VEIN HAS BEEN REPLACED BY QUARTZ. THE ORE IS IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED BUT TENDS TO OCCUR IN NARROW STREAKS OR BANDS. THE VEIN IS AT LEAST 30FEET WIDE IN PLACES AND HAS BEEN TRACED ON THE SURFACE FOR NEARLY ONE THOUSAND FEET. IT IS A COMPOUND STRUCTURE WITH A CALCITE-CEMENTED BRECCIA OF VOLCANIC ROCKS NEAR THE FOOTWALL AND BANDED, SOMEWHAT BRECCIATED CALCITE IN THE CENTRAL PART.
References
Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER, E.E., 1916, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, ITEM 14, FILE 7, ITEM 15. LOTS OF CORRESPONDENCE
Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER 4/30/81, 8/27/81, 5/6/82, 7/29/82, 11/4/82, 4/16/81, 2/18/82
Reference (Deposit): NEV. MIN. ASSN. BULL., JUL. 1981
Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, 6/30/82
Reference (Deposit): NAMER GOLD MIN. IND. NEWS, 6/22/84
Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, 5/1/85
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG MI-1987
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NBMG MI-1993
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA, 1947, NBMG FILES
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, AND SPEED, R.C., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY: NBMG BULL 83
Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONA ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1980
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1973, THE STORY OF FAIRVIEW; HISTORIC MINING CAMPS OF NEVADA
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.
