The Oro Belle is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,724 feet.
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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
Elevation: 4,724 Feet (1,440 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.2878, -115.09690
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Oro Belle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oro Belle
Secondary: Castle Mountain 0060711074
Secondary: Oro Belle Mine
Secondary: Oro Belle Pit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Hart
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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mk Gold Co.
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1997
Owner Name: Viceroy Resources Corp.
Percent: 75.00
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1997
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ORIGINAL LOCATION OF THE ORO BELLE MINE WHICH WILL BE DESTROYED BY THE NEW ORO BELLE OPEN PIT. ALSO SEE CASTLE MOUNTAIN MAS FILE SEQ# 0060711074
References
Reference (Deposit): FINAL EIS/EIR; #890053, AUGUST, 1990.
Reference (Deposit): CASTLE MOUNTAIN PROJECT, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA:
Reference (Deposit): VICEROY RESOURCES CORP., 1996 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 10, 22.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, P152 "CASTLE MOUNTAIN".
Reference (Deposit): TABLE 2, NO. 323, P. 131.
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1997, P275.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-90, 1990, VOL. 1,
Reference (Deposit): NO. 30, PLATES 6A AND 7.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-7, 1985,
Reference (Deposit): NO. 157, P. 51-52.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 275, 1956, P. 159-160.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,
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