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Belmont

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044665
MRDS ID M232218
Record type Site
Current site name Belmont

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.27952, 39.92742 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooper Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 050E 30 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.27952, 39.92742
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mountain Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Permeable Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE DEPOSITS ARE MAINLY LEAD AND ZINC MINERALS THAT REPLACE LIMESTONE ALONG FAULTS AND BEDDING PLANES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1923
Year of first production 1923

Mining district

District name Antelope District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1923; DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF A 50-FT. SHAFT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (MILLETT) MILS NO 143, REFERENCE NO. 3201100063

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM INF CIR. 7022

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL. 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1923, DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF A 50 FOOT SHAFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit LEAD AND ZINC MINERALS REPLACE LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE ALONG FAULTS AND BEDDING PLANES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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