The Tonopah Belmont Development Co. is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,289 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,289 Feet (1,917 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.07139, -117.21639
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Tonopah Belmont Development Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tonopah Belmont Development Co.
Secondary: Belmont Shaft
Secondary: Acenith Shaftdesert Queen Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Tonopah District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: San Antonio Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Halifax Fault (N-S, 35-40e), Mizpah Fault, Belmont Fault, Tesuro Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Along Faults
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 20.400000+-0.600000
Age Young: Tertiary
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE COMPANY WAS ORGANIZED IN 1902. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1718 FT BELMONT SHAFT; CONNECTIONS TO THE DESERT QUEEN SHAFT
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSIST OF EIGHT CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): BELMONT VEIN, SHAFT VEIN, LILLIE BELLE VEIN, FAVORITE VEIN, IOU VEINBURRO VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1905 GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 193-194
Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF THE TONOPAH MIN. DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 92, P.114
Reference (Production): CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149
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.
