The Southern Belle is a gold mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.46306, -118.31222
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Southern Belle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Southern Belle
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mono
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): AVG. VALUE OF ORE EXTRACTED FROM SOUTHERN BELL EST. WELL OVER $30/TON. 2 OTHER VEINS ON CLAIM, THE RUDOLPH AND PIERCE, YIELDED SOME $40 IN ORE FROM NARROW STREAK.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SE 1/4 35, SW 1/4 36
Comment (Production): REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED $250000 PRIOR TO 1904 . RECORDS DESTROYED IN 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE. NO OFFICIAL PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEINS. 6 ON SOUTHERN BELLE; 3 ARE E - W AND DIP 30 - 45 N; AND OTHER 3 STEEPLY DIPPING N - S FRACTURES WHICH CUT E - W VEINS. AVG. 7 FT. THICK. PAY STREAK VARIES FROM 8 IN. - 2 FT. IN WIDTH.
Comment (Workings): ON SOUTHERN BELLE; TUNNEL DRIVEN E 350 FT. 400 FT. SHAFT. TOTAL OF 3050 FT. OF WORKINGS CONSISTING OF 1900 FT. OF HORIZONTAL DRIFTS, 862 FT. OF WINZES AND 288 FT. OF RAISES.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: OTHER ROCKS IN AREA OF CLAIMS INCLUDE SLATE, SHALE & INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTS OF 9 CLAIMS. PROPERTY DIVIDED INTO THE SOUTHERN BELLE, NEW YEAR AND BULLION MINES. NEW YEAR, SOUTHERN BELLE AND BULLION LIE ON SOUTH END OF PROPERTY IN INYO COUNTY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE 2 MINES, SEE TUCKER AND SAMPSON ( 1940 ) P. 136 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1894 , REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12 , P. 183 .
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36 , NO. 2 , P. 135 - 136 , PL. 1 .
Reference (Production): TUCKER & SAMPSON ( 1940 )
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