The Blue Belle Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Blue Belle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Belle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad
Land Status
Not available
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: 1883
Discovery Year: 1883
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Development): IN PRODUCTION 1883-1884 UNTIL THE PRICE OF COPPER FELL, FORCING CLOSURE
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT VEIN
Comment (Deposit): THE BLUE BELLE COPPER MINE WAS IN PRODUCTION IN 1883-1884 UNTIL THE PRICE OF COPPER FELL AND THE MINE SHUT DOWN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): APPENDIX TO THE JOURNALS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE 12TH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA FOR 1883-1884. CARSON CITY 1885
Reference (Deposit): BLUE BELLE, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES, ELKO COUNTY, RAILROAD (BUILLION DIST.), TINGLEY.
Reference (Production): STATE OF NEVADA, APPENDIX, (1885)
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.
