Enfield Bell

The Enfield Bell is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,316 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Enfield Bell
Secondary: E. Bell Mine
Secondary: Jerritt Canyon Mine and Mill
Secondary: Marlboro Canyon Gold Mine
Secondary: Generator Hills
Secondary: Bell-Freeport
Secondary: Wd Nos. 1-10 - 0320070995
Secondary: Wh Claims - 0320070996
Secondary: Wt Claims - 0320070998
Secondary: Burns Basin Sec 16 - 0320071127
Secondary: Birds Eye Prospect - 0320070314
Secondary: Greenstone Claims - 0320070986
Secondary: Burns Basin Sec 21 - 0320071126
Secondary: Aa Claims - 0320070979
Secondary: Black Beauty Nos. 1-12 - 0320070061
Secondary: Birdseye/Bullseye Cl. - 0320070980
Secondary: Cal Group - 0320070983
Secondary: Lost and Found - 0320070473
Secondary: Snow Canyon Mine - 0320070350
Secondary: Ed Claims - 0320070984
Secondary: Graphite Claims - 0320070985
Secondary: Hv Claims - 0320070987
Secondary: Ne Claims - 0320070988
Secondary: Hidden Hills Mine - 0320070533
Secondary: Pc Claims - 0320070989
Secondary: Russ Claims
Secondary: Sona Claims - 0320070991
Secondary: Stump Claims - 0320070992
Secondary: Suzy Nos. 1-96 - 0320070993
Secondary: Ts Claims - 0320070994
Secondary: Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture
Secondary: Burns Basin Mine - 0320070969
Secondary: Arana Claims - 0320070980
Secondary: Big Jay-Big Mike - 0320070981
Secondary: Tus Nos. 1-75
Secondary: Jerritt Canyon
Secondary: Pie Claims - 0320070990
Secondary: Sue Nos. 1-48
Secondary: Jerritt Canyon Project

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jerritt Canyon

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Fee Ownership
Type: Private Lease
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Freeport Mcmoran
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1988
Years: 1988 -

Owner Name: Fmc Gold Co. (80% Owned By Fmc Corp.)
Percent: 30.00
Home Office: Illinois
Info Year: 1995

Owner Name: Meridian Gold Inc. (Successor To Fmc Gold Co.)
Percent: 30.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Years: 1996 -

Owner Name: Independence Mining Co. Inc. (Minorco (U. S. A.) Inc.)
Company ID: 2601620
Percent: 70.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1995

Production

Year: 1996
Description: Ore Processed @ 0.131 Opt Au 2667000 St Ore
Year: 1996
Description: Gold Production 320000 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1995
Description: Gold Production 327000 T Oz/Yr Gold
Year: 1995
Description: Ore Processed @ 0.129 Opt Au 2947000 St Ore
Year: 1991
Description: Silver 4727 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1991
Description: Gold 374354 Tr Oz/Yr
Year: 1989
Description: Gold Dore 9206 Kg/Yr
Year: 1988
Description: Gold Dore 9646 Kg/Yr
Year: 1987
Description: Gold Dore 9824 Kg/Yr
Year: 1986
Description: Ore Production Mt 1339200 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1986
Description: Gold Production Kg 8367 Kg Gold Per Year
Year: 1985
Description: Gold Production Kg 7942 Kg Gold Per Year
Year: 1985
Description: Ore Production Mt 1284543 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1984
Description: Ore Production, Mt 1095000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1984
Description: Gold Production, Kg 7560 Kg Gold Per Year
Year: 1983
Description: Ore Production, Mt 991800 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1983
Description: Gold Production, Kg 8146 Kg Gold Per Year
Year: 1982
Description: Ore Production, Mt 861300 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1981
Description: Dore Bullion Bars 34 Kg Each 4142 Kg Gold Per Year (Est)
Year: 1982
Description: Gold Dore Bullion 6100 Kg Gold Per Year

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Combined Methods
Milling Method: Autoclave-Carbon-In-Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1981
Discovery Year: 1972
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Orpiment
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Realgar
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): 1988 PROD.= 320,000 OZ. AU; 1989 PROD. = 296,900 OZ. AU FROM MILLING AND LEACHING OF 1,971,000 MT ORE. 1989 RESERVE = 3,363,000 OZ CONT.AU.

Comment (Location): ALSO LOCATED IN T 41N, R 53E, & SEC. 33, 34, 35.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): TOTAL RESOURCE IS MEASURED PLUS INDICATED.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE RESERVES, AND GOLD GRADE, 12/31/96: SILVER GRADE NOT CHANGED; AS OF 04/23/96. ADIT CAP BASED ON AVG. OF 1995-96 REPORTED ORE PROCESSED:

Comment (Workings): MINIMAL ANIMAL DEATHS (NONE THIS YEAR). THE TAILS MATERIAL CONSISTS OF ROASTED SILTSTONE AND CHLORINATED LIMESTONE.

References

Reference (Deposit): SEARCH FOR AN OCCURRENCE MODEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN

Reference (Deposit): SEDIMENT- AND VOLCANIC-HOSTED DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSITS -

Reference (Deposit): ORE OCCURRENCE MODEL, IN GEOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF

Reference (Deposit): CARLIN-TYPE GOLD DEPOSITS. MIN. ENG.(NY), VOLUME 31,

Reference (Deposit): TOOKER, E. W., 198 , DISCUSSION OF THE DISSEMINATED-GOLD-

Reference (Deposit): WARGO, J. G. THE NEXT EXPLORATION STAGE FOR

Reference (Deposit): NATIONAL FOREST, REGION 4. APR. 1980, 105 PP.

Reference (Deposit): PROJECT GOLD MINE AND MILL, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. HUMBOLDT

Reference (Deposit): FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT; JERRITT CANYON

Reference (Deposit): THE GOLD MINERALIZATION AT JERRITT CANYON, NEVADA, WITH

Reference (Deposit): DIV. MINE INSP., 1983, 60 PP.

Reference (Deposit): STEVENS, D. L. AND R. B. HAWKINS. A COMPARISON OF

Reference (Deposit): ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982. DEP. IND. RELATIONS, NV

Reference (Deposit): 1646, PP. 126-127.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (FOREST SERVICE).

Reference (Deposit): RESOUR. CONF., HONOLULU, HA, AUG. 1982, 13 PP.

Reference (Deposit): REGION. PRES. AT AIME CIRCUMPACIFIC ENERGY AND MINER.

Reference (Deposit): OTHER DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BASIN AND RANGE

Reference (Deposit): STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OFR 76-56, 1976, 194 PP.

Reference (Deposit): REVIEW, OCT. 19, 1985, P. 4-6.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): JERRITT CANYON JOINT VENTURE OPERATION: SKILLINGS MINING

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS, D.N., JR., 1985, FREEPORT-MCMORAN GOLD CO.'S

Reference (Deposit): THE DISSEMINATED GOLD INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVE. M.S.

Reference (Deposit): THESIS, STANFORD UNIV., PALO ALTO, CA., 1977, 149 PP.

Reference (Deposit): SHANLEY, F. E. A GEOLOGIC AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF

Reference (Deposit): MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1, NO. 136.

Reference (Deposit): UPWARD, SETTING RECORDS. INTERMOUNTAIN PAY DIRT (BISBEE,

Reference (Deposit): DILLARD, G. NEVADA GOLD PRODUCTION CONTINUING

Reference (Deposit): BETTER ALL THE TIME. BIG SKY PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ),

Reference (Deposit): NO. 36, SEPT. 1983, PP. 21A- 25A.

Reference (Deposit): CLISBY, H. NEVADA'A PRECIOUS METALS PICTURE LOOKING

Reference (Deposit): BULL., V. 78, 1967, PP. 651-668.

Reference (Deposit): ORDOVICIAN SILICEOUS AND VOLCANIC ROCKS, NORTHERN

Reference (Deposit): INDEPENDENCE RANGE, NEVADA. GEOLOGY SOCIETY AMERICAN

Reference (Deposit): CHURKIN, M., JR., AND M. KAY. GRAPTOLITE-BEARING

Reference (Deposit): PP.

Reference (Deposit): HAWKINS, R. B. THE GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 54, 1957, 190

Reference (Deposit): LEE. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A. E., M. M. BELL, G. C. SIMMONS, AND F.

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MIN. (YEARBOOK), V. 36, NO. 8, 1983, PP. 60-61.

Reference (Deposit): GRACE, K. A. EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN 1982.

Reference (Deposit): SOC. AM. BULL., V. 73, 1962, PP. 595-612.

Reference (Deposit): FAGAN, J. J. CARBONIFEROUS CHERTS, TURBIDITES, AND

Reference (Deposit): VOLCANIC ROCKS, NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE RANGE, NEVADA. GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): MCGRAW-HILL, 1984, 207 PP.

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. BOOK OF FLOWSHEETS.

Reference (Deposit): AZ), NO. 42, MAR. 1983, P. 7A.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AS OF DEC. 31, 1984.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PROSPECTUS MAY 14, 1985, P. 19. PROVEN & PROBABLE RESERVES

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES FROM FREEPORT-MCMORAN GOLD CO. PRELIMINARY

Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E. F. ANTIMONY DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 61, 1963, 248 PP.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOL. SURV. OFR 75-213, 1975, 120 PP.

Reference (Deposit): AND MESOZOIC ROCKS EXPOSED IN CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): PAPER 475-B, 1963, PP. B38-B41.

Reference (Deposit): KETNER, K. B. STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE OF PALEOZOIC

Reference (Deposit): HYDROLOGY ARTICLES 1-59. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF.

Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA. CH. 11 IN SHORT PAPERS IN GEOLOGY AND

Reference (Deposit): KETNER, K. B. BEDDED BARITE DEPOSITS OF THE SHOSHONE

Reference (Deposit): PP. 439-460.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. GEOL. SOC. AM. BULL., V. 73, 1962,

Reference (Deposit): THE SEETOYA MOUNTAINS, INDEPENDENCE RANGE, ELKO COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. MIN. ENG. (NY), V. 30, NO. 7, 1978, PP. 759-762.

Reference (Deposit): KERR, W. PALEOZOIC SEQUENCES AND THRUST SLICES OF

Reference (Deposit): JORALEMON. P. A MAJOR GOLD BELT TAKES SHAPE IN

Reference (Deposit): PROJECT. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 183, NO. 7, 1982, PP. 54-58

Reference (Deposit): LEWIS, A. LEACHING AND PRECIPITATION TECHNOLOGY FOR

Reference (Deposit): GEOCHEM., RENO, NV, MAR. 25-28, 1984, PP. 37.

Reference (Deposit): NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA. SYMP. OF THE ASSOC. OF EXPL.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS. ABSTR. IN EXPLORATION FOR ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

Reference (Deposit): RELATION BETWEEN TI, RB, AND K IN THE CARLIN-TYPE GOLD

Reference (Deposit): IKRAMUDDIN, M., L. BESSE, AND P. M. NORDSTROM. THE

Reference (Deposit): MAP 76-779, 6 SHEETS, 1976, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reference (Deposit): MAP OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OPEN-FILE

Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R. A., AND R. R. COATS. PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC

Reference (Deposit): J., V. 68, NO. 2, 1982, PP. 28-32.

Reference (Deposit): JERRITT CANYON DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. MIN. CONGR.

Reference (Deposit): HAWKINS, R. B. DISCOVERY OF THE BELL GOLD MINE -

Reference (Deposit): JERRITT CREEK AREA, NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE MOUNTAINS,

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. ID, MOSCOW, ID, 1973, 104 PP.

Reference (Deposit): JACKSON, C. F., AND E. D. GARDNER. JERRITT CANYON

Reference (Deposit): MAY 1982, PP. 61-63.

Reference (Deposit): HELPS FREEPORT-MCMORAN THROUGH ROUGH QUARTER. NO. 32,

Reference (Deposit): INTERMOUNTAIN PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ). JERRITT CANYON

Reference (Deposit): TIME. NO. 22, JULY 1981, PP. 12-13.

Reference (Deposit): INTERMOUNTAIN PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ). FREEPORT -

Reference (Deposit): GOVERNMENT COOPERATION REDUCED JERRITT CANYON PERMITTING

Reference (Deposit): HIGHER GOLD PRICES DOUBLE JERRITT CANYON RESERVES.

Reference (Deposit): INTERMOUNTAIN PAYDIRT (BISBEE, AZ). EXPLORATION,

Reference (Deposit): FEB. 1980, PP. 1, 4-5.

Reference (Deposit): EXPANDED; MILLING UPPED TO 2,750 TPD. NV MIN. ASSOC.

Reference (Deposit): FMC GOLD CO., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.4.

Reference (Deposit): P. 105.

Reference (Deposit): MINING RECORD, V 106/N 23, 6/7/95, P.18,19.

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING - UNITED STATES: NEVADA. V. 35, NO. 6, 1982,

Reference (Deposit): WORLD MINING (SAN FRANCISCO) WHAT'S GOING ON IN

Reference (Deposit): NUMBER 9, 1979, PP. 1321-1323.

Reference (Deposit): P. 8.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA MINING ASSOCIATION (RENO). FREEPORT RESERVES

Reference (Deposit): MINE PRODUCED MORE GOLD. V. 54, NO. 6, FEB. 7, 1983,

Reference (Deposit): METALS WEEK. PRECIOUS METALS: THE JERRITT CANYON

Reference (Deposit): NO. 6, 1983, PP. 48-56.

Reference (Deposit): MEETING, GEOL. SOC. AM., NOV. 5-8, 1984, RENO, NV, PP. 445.

Reference (Deposit): GOLD AND SILVER ORES. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 184,

Reference (Deposit): MINES AND GEOL. OFR 82-9, 1982, 4 PP.

Reference (Deposit): BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV BUR.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR. RESERVES, HOST ROCKS, AND AGES OF

Reference (Deposit): NO. 33,497 IN ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, 1984. 97TH ANNU.

Reference (Deposit): 83-10, 1083.

Reference (Deposit): BIRAK, D. J. GEOLOGY OF THE ENFIELD BELL MINE AND

Reference (Deposit): JERRITT CANYON DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. ABSTR.

Reference (Deposit): LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OFR

Reference (Deposit): SAMPLING WITHIN THE ELKO RESOURCE AREA, ELKO, EUREKA, AND

Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. L., AND J. V. TINGLEY. RESULTS OF GEOCHEMICAL

Reference (Deposit): V. 300, NO. 7702, 1983, PP. 201-202.

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL (LONDON). NEW GOLD HORIZONS.

Reference (Deposit): CANYON, NEV. GOLD PROJECT. V. 67, NO. 10, 1981,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 9-10.

Reference (Deposit): MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL. CONSTRUCTION OF THE JERRITT

Reference (Deposit): INT. DIRECTORY, V. 9, NO. 2, 1982, P. 1.

Reference (Deposit): THE CONTRIBUTION OF METALS OPERATIONS. ENG. AND MIN. J.

Reference (Deposit): MINING ACTIVITY DIGEST. NEW DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 730-737.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA: GEOL. SOC. AMERICA BULL., PART 1, VOL. 92, NO. 10,

Reference (Deposit): SCHOONOVER SEQUENCE, NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE MOUNTAINS,

Reference (Deposit): MILLER, E. L., JAMES BATESON, DAVID DINTER, J. R. DYER,

Reference (Deposit): DWIGHT HARBAUGH, AND D. L. JONES. THRUST EMPLACEMENT OF

Reference (Deposit): 1984, P. 6.

Reference (Deposit): OUTPUT FELL 12 % TO 44,000 OZ. V. 55, NO. 21, MAY 21,

Reference (Deposit): METALS WEEK. PRECIOUS METALS: FREEPORT GOLD'S

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 7-97.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MERIDIAN GOLD INC., 1996 FORM 10-K, PP. 7, 21, & ANNUAL

Reference (Reserve-Resource): REPORT, PP. 2, 10-11.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DATA FROM MIKE HOUSE @ MERIDIAN GOLD INC. (702-827-7147)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): FMC GOLD CO., 1995 FORM 10-K, P6.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): FMC GOLD CO., 1994 ANNUAL REPORT, P.4.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #1, JAN 1, 1997, P1.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P330.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #48, NOV., 27, 1996, P3.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL 1994/95, MINING DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): FMC GOLD COMPANY, NEWS RELEASE, FEB. 16, 1990, OCT. 10, 1991

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P253.

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADAQ MINES DIRECTORY, P. 12, 22.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL 1996/97, MINING DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P137.

Reference (Deposit): ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): SCHMAUCH, S.W., GABBY, P.N., AND LIPTON, D.A., 1991,

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE INDEPENDENCE RANGE SPECIAL STUDY,

Reference (Deposit): MI-1980, 1981, 41 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MINES, UNIV. NV, RENO.

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J. H., AND J. HALL. THE NEVADA MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRY. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPEC. PUBL.

Reference (Deposit): (APR. 21-24, 1980), 6 PP.; AVAILABLE FROM MACKAY SCHOOL OF

Reference (Deposit): MINING IN THE WEST. PROCEEDINGS FROM A SYMPOSIUM ON GOLD

Reference (Deposit): BULL., V. 4, NO. 4, 1980, PP. 4-7.

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. M. ENVIRONMENTAL PITFALLS OF HARD-ROCK

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.