Bellevue

The Bellevue is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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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.