Copper Belle Mine

The Copper Belle Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Belle Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad

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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Trimetal Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR TO BLANKET

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults, Fussures

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Copper
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): A HALF-MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTION FROM OXIDIZED LEAD-SILVER COPPER ORE SMELTED IN THE BULLION SMELTER. ORE ALSO CONTAINED SOME GOLD

Comment (Deposit): THE COPPER BELLE MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY THE PRIMETAL MINING CO.; IT ADJOINS THE NEVADA BUNKER HILL HOLDINGS ON THE NW. THE MAIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT DRIVEN 325' TO THE ORE BODY. THE MINE IS CREDITED WITH A HALF MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTION OF OXIDIZED LEAD, SILVER, COPPER ORE WHICH WAS SMELTED IN THE COPPER SMELTER AT BULLION. THE ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENTS IN MARBELIZED LIMESTONE. THE PROPERTY IS FURTHER EXPLORED BY NUMEROUS ADITS AND CUTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENTS IN MARBELIZED LIMESTONE, LOCALIZED BY FAULTS & FISSURES

Comment (Workings): ADITS, CUTS

Comment (Geology): GOSSAN PRESENT

Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM; DEVELOPED BY THE TRIMETAL MINING CO.;

References

Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELLSO, LANDER, AND EURELSA COUNTIES, NEVADA. USGS BULL. 408

Reference (Production): EMMON, (1910)

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.