Belle Claim

The Belle Claim is a copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,360 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Belle Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 4,360 Feet (1,329 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 35.82694, -115.49167

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Belle Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Belle Claim
Secondary: Maybelle


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings


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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Overthrusts

Type: L
Description: Normal & Thrust Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla


Comments

Comment (Location): DIVIDE BETWEEN LAVINA WASH & RAVINE THAT DRAINS TO MESQUITE VALLEY

Comment (Geology): SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE WITHIN BLOCK OF DOLOMITIZED BIRD SPRING LIMESTONE


References

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 139 .

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEV.: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 186 .


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.