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Belle Claim

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Vanadium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094231
MRDS ID D000032
Record type Site
Current site name Belle Claim
Alternate or previous names Maybelle
Related records 10124549

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49251, 35.82694 (WGS84)
Elevation 1329
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024S 058E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • DIVIDE BETWEEN LAVINA WASH & RAVINE THAT DRAINS TO MESQUITE VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Vanadium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bird Spring Limestone;Bird Spring Limestone
    Rock description Bird Spring Limestone;Bird Spring Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.49251, 35.82694
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Overthrusts
Local Normal & Thrust Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 W
    Dip 80 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICIFIED SHEAR ZONE WITHIN BLOCK OF DOLOMITIZED BIRD SPRING LIMESTONE

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS D000032

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 139 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEV.: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 186 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 27-APR-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey