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Nevada · Elko County

Bellevue Mine

Unconfirmed Copper Mixed Underground / Surface

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Elko
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Copper
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Structure: Granodiorite Stock & Associated Faults, Fractures Deposit: Vein this mine is part of the nevada-bellevue group, and is located about 3,000 ft. West of the nevada bellevue mine, and 600 ft. South of the brooklyn mine. Assays from some of the…

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 14 shaft symbols
  • 26 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Bornite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • commodity:Copper
  • commodity:Iron
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Molybdenum
  • Diorite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (14)
  • mapped adit symbols (26)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 63087

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (8)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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