The Belmont Group is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.5475, -116.29194
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Belmont Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belmont Group
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Kawich District (Gold Reed)
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Al And Robert Martel
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Catheral Ridge
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: A Northwest Trending Silicified Horst. Faults Trending N50w, 80sw.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Dacite Is Bleached Light Gray.
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AG REPORTED TO OCCUR
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 300 FT SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX FAULTING IN AREA, DACITE (MIO) MAP UNIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL.41
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, 1972, GEOL. AND MINERAL DEPOSITS SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEV: NBMG BULL. 77, P. 38.
Reference (Deposit): ROGERS, ET AL, 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE QUARTZITE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 672.
Reference (Deposit): 5) BALL, S.H., 1907, A GEOL. RECON. OF SW NEV. AND E. CALIF.: USGS BULL. 308, P. 111-113.
Reference (Deposit): 6) KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 92.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
