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Belcher Divide Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10046641
MRDS ID M241833
Record type Site
Current site name Belcher Divide Mine
Alternate or previous names Belcher Mine, Reorganized Belcher Divide Mining Co. Property, Belcher Claims.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.25842, 38.00327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1783

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 042E 27,28 NW (27); NE (28) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 4 PATENTED CLAIMS 0.5 MILE NW OF THE TONOPAH-DIVIDE MINE. UTM IS TO WORKINGS IN SOUTH-CENTRAL PORTION OF CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic, Zoned Around Fractures And Faults

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.25842, 38.00327
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip NEAR 90 TO 75
    Thickness 1.07M
    Length 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersection Of A Nw Fissure And A N-S Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Phoebe Hearst And Lucky Baldwin Sunk 3 Shafts Here-Early 1900'S

Mining district

District name Divide (Gold Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Reorganized Belcher Divide Mining Co., N. M. Mccormick, Pres.
    First year 1923

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • 550-FT SHAFT; 150-FT CROSSCUT ON 200 FT LEVEL; 2 OTHER SHAFTS . MODERATELY DEEP SHAFT WITH WOODEN HEADFRAME STILL STANDING IN 1982.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN 1923. ORIGINALLY GOLD MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT CO, THEN BELCHER DIVIDE MINING CO., THEN REORGANIZED BELCHER DIVIDE MINING CO. IN 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92, P. 121-128.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1920, MINES HANBOOK, VOL XIV, P. 1127.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG., 9 JUL 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Deposit ORESHOOT AT INTERSECTION OF A NW FISSURE AND A N-S VEIN SHOWING ORE AT SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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