The Copper Belle Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Copper Belle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Belle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Trimetal Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR TO BLANKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults, Fussures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): A HALF-MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTION FROM OXIDIZED LEAD-SILVER COPPER ORE SMELTED IN THE BULLION SMELTER. ORE ALSO CONTAINED SOME GOLD
Comment (Deposit): THE COPPER BELLE MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY THE PRIMETAL MINING CO.; IT ADJOINS THE NEVADA BUNKER HILL HOLDINGS ON THE NW. THE MAIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT DRIVEN 325' TO THE ORE BODY. THE MINE IS CREDITED WITH A HALF MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTION OF OXIDIZED LEAD, SILVER, COPPER ORE WHICH WAS SMELTED IN THE COPPER SMELTER AT BULLION. THE ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENTS IN MARBELIZED LIMESTONE. THE PROPERTY IS FURTHER EXPLORED BY NUMEROUS ADITS AND CUTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENTS IN MARBELIZED LIMESTONE, LOCALIZED BY FAULTS & FISSURES
Comment (Workings): ADITS, CUTS
Comment (Geology): GOSSAN PRESENT
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM; DEVELOPED BY THE TRIMETAL MINING CO.;
References
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELLSO, LANDER, AND EURELSA COUNTIES, NEVADA. USGS BULL. 408
Reference (Production): EMMON, (1910)
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.
