The Belcher Claim is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.2875, -119.66056
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Belcher Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belcher Claim
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Houston Oil And Minerals Corp. (Present)
Owner Name: Houston Oil And Minerals Corp. (Present)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1868
Discovery Year: 1859
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Regional Dip To West And Northwest
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Propylitization, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE BIG BONANZA AT THE CROWN POINT MINE WAS ALSO FOUND AT THE BELCHER MINE. THIS ORE BODY, DISCOVERED AT THE 1000-FT LEVEL OF THE CROWN POINT MINE, LIES WHOLLY WITHIN THE MAIN COMSTOCK LODE. STAKED IN 1859, IT ENJOYED NEAR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION FROM 1860 TO 1899, WITH SPORADIC PRODUCTION THROUGH 1920. TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM 1868 TO 1916 WAS 960,626 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING $36.68 PER TON. CURRENTLY PART OF HOUSTON OIL & MINS. OPEN PIT MINE.
Comment (Development): CONTINUOUS PRODUCER FROM 1868 TO 1916: CURRENTLY PART OF HOUSTON OIL AND MINERAL'S OPEN PIT MINE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): REPLACEMENT OF ARGENTITE BY NATIVE AG NOTED AT 350 FT. LEVEL
References
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A. 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 49.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AMINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70
Reference (Deposit): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41, INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK; NEV. BUR, MINES GEOL. OPEN FILE REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): BASTIN, E.S., 1922; BONANZA ORES OF THE COMSTOCK LODE, VIRGINIA CITY, NEV.; U.S.G.S. BULL 735-C P.41-63
Reference (Production): STODDARD, C. AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950.
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.
