The Copper Bell Shaft is a copper and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,121 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,121 Feet (1,561 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.51222, -117.22083
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Copper Bell Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Bell Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Cuprite District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Owner Name: Goldfield-Midway-Bullfrog Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Cuprite Hills
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone (N85e, 60s)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE VEIN IS REPORTED TO HAVE RUN 12% CU, 14 OZ AG, AND $1.20 AU PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THE COPPER BELL SHAFT IS 85 FEET DEEP.
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN AT ONE POINT IS CAP BY 9 FEET OF SPONGY LIMONITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1906, NOTES ON THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA, IN EMMONS, S.F. AND ECKEL, E.C., ED., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1905: USGS BULL. 285, P. 59-60.
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1907, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 308, P. 69.
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.
