Mine detail: Generator Hill Deposit

Previously called 'Bell Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.39546, -116.00091

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Mercury
Tertiary:	Antimony, Barium-Barite, Arsenic
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1918

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1918

Geology

Host rock:	Hanson Creek Formation;Roberts Mountains Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Breccia Zone, Faults, Fractures
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Oxidation Of Sulphides, Bleaching, Argillization, Decalcification

References

MRDS	M232823
DEP	10111452
Reference	{Deposit:: MKS, WELB AMS FILE (1979) USBM}{Deposit:: HAWKINS, ROBERT B., (1973), THE GEOLOGY & MINERALIZATION OF THE JERRITT CREEK AREA, NORTHERN INDEPENDENCE MTS, NEV., IDAHO STATE UNIV, MS THESIS 104 P.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L. J.; BENTZ, J.; SMITH, P., BROOKS, S., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION AND MINE TOUR REPORT, 8/13/82.}{Deposit:: HAWKINS, R. B., 1982, DISCOVERY OF THE BELL GOLD MINE, JERRITT DISTRICT, ELKO CO, NV: MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, FEB 1982, P. 28-32; ALSO REFERENCES LISTED THEREIN.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1987, MI-1986.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1988, MI-1987.}{Deposit:: BENTZ, J., GARSIDE, L., SMITH, P. AND BROOKS, S., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION AND MINE TOUR REPORT, AUG, 1982.}{Reserve-Resource:: BONHAM, H.F., 1988.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Kirkham, Richard A.