The Belmont is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Belmont MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belmont
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Antelope District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1923
Discovery Year: 1923
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRATABOUND
Structure
Type: R
Description: Roberts Mountain Thrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1923; DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF A 50-FT. SHAFT.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Geology): THE ORE DEPOSITS ARE MAINLY LEAD AND ZINC MINERALS THAT REPLACE LIMESTONE ALONG FAULTS AND BEDDING PLANES
Comment (Deposit): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1923, DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF A 50 FOOT SHAFT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): LEAD AND ZINC MINERALS REPLACE LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE ALONG FAULTS AND BEDDING PLANES.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (MILLETT) MILS NO 143, REFERENCE NO. 3201100063
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM INF CIR. 7022
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL. 1967
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.
