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Belmont Mines

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247161
MAS/MILS ID 0320230558
Record type Site
Current site name Belmont Mines
Alternate or previous names Belmont Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.86261, 38.57933 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 045 E 36 NWNWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMM. DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS, APRIL 1976, P. 53.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, 1951, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50,

  • Deposit

    P. 19-23.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPLE & ZIONY, 1984, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 99B, P. 56-93.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BELMONT MINES REFER TO THE ENTIRE GROUP OF 20 CONTIGUOUS PATENTED CLAIMS THAT COVER SILVER-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS ABOUT 1 MILE SE OF BELMONT, NEVADA TOWNSITE. THE 23 PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE: CONSTITUTION, HIGHBRIDGE (0320230244), ARIZONA (0320230248), MONITOR (SURVEY # 42A), OCCIDENTAL, MINERVA, WELLINGTON, TRANSYLVANIA NO. 3, TRANSYLVANIA NO. 1 (0320230246, SURVEY NO. 47B), PANDORA, INDEPENDENCE, FOOTHILL, DICTATOR, AUSTIN, SILVER AGE, CALEDONIA, MOORE & MARTIN, TRANSYLVANIA, ELDORADO SOUTH, ELDORADO. IMPORTANT: DO NOT CONFUSE MONITOR (SURVEY #48A), INDEPENDENCE (SURVEY #48B), OR TRANSYLVANIA NO. 1 (SURVEY #47B) IN SEC. 36 WITH THOSE SAME NAMED PATENTED CLAIMS IN SEC. 26, T. 9 N., R. 45 E. POINT OF REFERENCE USED IS THE HIGHBRIDGE SHAFT, IDENTIFIED ON THE BELMONT EAST 7.5 MIN. QUAD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JAN-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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