Belleview

Past Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103053
MRDS ID M021321
Record type Site
Current site name Belleview
Alternate or previous names Hyde, Golden Treasure
Related records 10287147

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.28989, 38.02047 (WGS84)
Relative position SIX MILES N. E. OF SONORA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 015E 13,23,24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.28989, 38.02047

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NW
    Dip NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO QUARTZ VEINS SEPARATED BY 60 FT. IN ADIT LEVEL, AND SHARING SAME FISSURE IN LOWER LEVEL; ONE FORMED OF BRECCIATED QUARTZ, THE OTHER HAVING A RIBBON TEXTURE. NO INTRUSIVE MATTER IN VEINS, BUT BOTH ARE AURIFEROUS, RANGING IN THICKNESS FROM 3 TO 20 FT. EACH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • PITCHING, INCLINED SHAFT 5 FT. WITH FOUR MAIN LEVELS; DRIFT ADIT AND SEVERAL DRIFTS OFF SHAFT WITH LITTLE STOPING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 474

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 755

  • Deposit

    IRELAND, WM. JR., 1892 , ELEVENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 11 , P. 501 - 502

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE FORMERLY KNOWN AS HYDE WAS LATER RENAMED BELLEVIEW, AND IN MOST RECENT REPORTS WAS HELD UNDER A AGRICULTURAL PATENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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