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Belmont Shaft

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072148
MRDS ID W016434
Record type Site
Current site name Belmont Shaft
Alternate or previous names Transylvania No. 1 and 2 Mine, Belmont Mine, Highbridge South Mine, Wood and Bull Mine.
Related records 10173928

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.93424, 38.6166 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Relative position 1.2 MILES SE OF BELMONT TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(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)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE VALUED AT $70-100/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.93424, 38.6166
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 W
    Dip 60-90 NE
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Statigraphically Control By The Bedding Planes With A Strike Of N 15-20 W, Dip 60-90 Ne

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belmont District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Belmont Silver Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS MINED FROM THE BELMONT MINE AND TRANSYLVANIA MINE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO. NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGHBRIDGE VEIN AND TRANSYLVANIA NO. 1 VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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