Belcher Claim

The Belcher Claim is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,040 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

Name: Belcher Claim

State:  Nevada

County:  Storey

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.