Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead, Zinc, Antimony, Copper, Gold
TertiaryIron, Manganese, Arsenic, Nickel, Chromium, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlVeins; Deposit Located In North Dipping Veins Variably Concordant/Discordant With Country Rock.
Materials
Ore mineralsBindheimite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMudstone · Candelaria;Candelaria;Candelaria
Associated rockMafic Volcanic Rock · Pickhandle Gulch Formation;Pickhandle Gulch Formation
StructureThe North Side Of The District Is Bounded By A Major Post-Mineral Fault. Recurrent Faulting., Complex Fissures, The Candelaria, Alpha, And Belle Faults; Pickhandle Gulch Complex Thrust Over Candelaria Fm. Of Lower Triassic.
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationOxidation; Serpentinization Of Pickhandle Gulch Rocks; Sericitization.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1870
Discovery year1864
Identification
Deposit ID10104012
MRDS IDM233028
Alternate namesNorthern Belle, Holmes, Argentum Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.15687, -118.08372
References
ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1922, THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 735A, P.1-22.COUCH B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V.37, NO.4, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 38.BURGESS, J.A., 1930, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BELLE MINE OF THE ARGENTUM MINING CO. OF NEVADA (UNPUB.): NBMG FILESPAGE, B.M., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULLETIN 56.GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULLETIN 81, 84 P.MOELLER, S.A., 1988, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION IN THE CANDELARIA DISTRICT: IN, BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN U.S., GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, P.135-158.ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.2