The Northern Belle Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.15667, -118.08278
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Northern Belle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Northern Belle Mine
Secondary: Argentum
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Candelaria
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1864
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: COMPLEX, PARALLEL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Candelaria Fault Cuts Veins At Depth
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bindheimite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Jamesonite
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO ARGENTUM MINE TO THE WEST
Comment (Production): BY THE END OF 1883 , NORTHERN BELLE PRODUCED MORE THAN $10,000,000 IN ORE. 1915 - 1925 EFFORTS TO MINE REMNANT OXIDIZED ORE
Comment (Deposit): THE NORTHERN BELLE WAS THE FIRST MINE DEVELOPED IN THE DISTRICT. NO ADEQUATE MINERALOGICAL EXPLANATION FOR THE HIGH CONTENT OF SILVER IN THE NORTHERN BELLE. GALENA IS SCARCE, AND NO NATIVE SILVER, OR SILVER COMPOUNDS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): BG = 0.025 MR/HR; HIGH = 0.15 MR/HR
Comment (Workings): 1,365 FT SHAFT AND SEVERAL MILES OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: REFER TO RECORD NO. M035480
References
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 56
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973 , RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 81 .
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.
