The Blue Bell Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,149 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,149 Feet (2,179 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.96333, -114.57778
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Blue Bell Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bell Mine
Secondary: Roeder Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1389
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Highland District
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic; Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1389 CONTAINS GREATER THAN 20% FE, 3000 PPM MN, 2000 PPM AS, 50 PPM AG, 1000 PPM CU, GREATER THAN 20000 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 200 PPM SN, 5000 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FAULT BRECCIA LIMESTONE CEMENTED WITH GRAINY CRYSTALLINE CALCITE AND QUARTZ, WHICH CARRIES FINE-GRAINED GALENA INTERGROWN WITH SPHALERITE ALTERING TO ANGLESITE (?) (OR OTHER GREEN ALTERATION MATERIAL) AND PYRITE GHOSTS. FAULT ZONE IS HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED TO SILICEOUS GOSSAN AND HEAVILY STAINED WITH FE-MN OXIDES. NEAR THE FAULT, THE LIMESTONE IS UNEVENLY SILICIFIED. FRACTURE SURFACES IN THE GOSSAN AND LIMESTONE ARE COATED WITH OPALINE SILICA AND VERY FINE-GRAINED CALCITE, AND CAVITIES ARE LINED WITH DRUSY QUARTZ. BOXWORKS IN THE GOSSAN ARE COATED WITH LIMONITE AND VERY FINE-GRAINED INTERGROWN JAROSITE.
Comment (Workings): MAP SHOWS ONE ADIT. 20-FT ADIT, SURFACE CUTS DOWN SLOPE FOLLOWING FAULT. ADIT TRENDS N 85 W, DIPS STEEPLY SW
Comment (Geology): OXIDIZED PYRITE GRAINS SCATTERED OVER SURFACES OF PARTINGS IN LIMESTONE. BEDS HORIZONTAL TO SLIGHTLY DIPPING WITH E-W STRIKE. HOST ROCK ALSO HAS RIPPLE MARKS, FOSSIL HASH.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860-1880?
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ, C.M., & PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73, P. 150.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION OF AUG. 16, 1983.
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.
