Mine detail: Bell Shaft

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.50048, -115.99062
dep_id: 10044782
mrds_id: M232371
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Plumbojarosite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
conc_proc: Oxidation Of Sulfides Above Water Table
ore_ctrl: Highly Fractured-Permeable Zones In The Dolomite
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Eldorado Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ruby Hill Fault
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 119., REFERENCE NO 3201100202
  • Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
  • Production:: NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
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