The Bellehelen Merger Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,251 Feet (2,210 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.08333, -116.46667
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Bellehelen Merger Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bellehelen Merger Mine
Secondary: Ruby Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Bellehelen District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: Pacific States Mining And Milling Co. And Tonopah Kawich Mining Co.
Years: 1922 -
Owner Name: Western Gold Corp.
Years: 1951 -
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Kawich Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1951-ORE CONTAINED ABOUT 50 OZ/TON AG. 1980-1% AG, 50 PPM AU
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL AMOUNT PRODUCED IN 1923 AND 1927.
Comment (Deposit): SOME ORE SHOOTS MEASURED 100 FT BY 200 FT
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS; A LONG CROSSCUT ADIT TRENDING N 16 W; TWO SHAFTS; AN OPEN STOPE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 18.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J., AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
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.
