Nevada · Elko County
Past Producer
Copper Belle Mine
Elko County, Nevada, United States
Copper
Lead
Silver
Gold
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Secondary
Lead, Silver, Gold
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Replacement
Model
72: Polymetallic replacement
Deposit size
S
Workings
Surface/Underground
Orebody form
IRREGULAR TO BLANKET
Ore control
Favorable Beds, Faults, Fissures
Materials
Ore minerals
Cerargyrite, Copper
Gangue
Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Limestone
Associated rock
Rhyolite
Structure
Faults, Fussures
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1910
Discovery year
1910
Identification
Deposit ID
10111456
MRDS ID
M233360
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
40.52602, -116.00341
References
EMMONS, W.H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELLSO, LANDER, AND EURELSA COUNTIES, NEVADA. USGS BULL. 408EMMON, (1910)