The Bellevue is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Bellevue MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bellevue
Secondary: Copper King 2
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada-Bellevue Copper Mining Co.
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
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock & Associated Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Production): DUMP MATERIAL AVERAGED 5% CU, WITH SOME LOTS AS HIGH AS 26% CU TOTAL PRODUCTION-ABOUT $50,000 WORTH, (1917-1925)
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE IS PART OF THE NEVADA-BELLEVUE GROUP, AND IS LOCATED ABOUT 3,000 FT. WEST OF THE NEVADA BELLEVUE MINE, AND 600 FT. SOUTH OF THE BROOKLYN MINE. ASSAYS FROM SOME OF THE LOTS CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 26% CU. MATERIAL FROM DUMPS AVERAGED 5% CU. (SCHRODER, 1935, P 23-4) THIS MINE IN LOCATED IN THE DELANO AND COPPER KING GROUPS OF CLAIMS. MINERAL SURVEY NO. 3854 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MIAING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A.
Reference (Deposit): GRONGER, A.E., ETAL (1957) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV.: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 54.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C., (1935)
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.
