Goldfield-Belmont Mine

The Goldfield-Belmont Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,860 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Goldfield-Belmont Mine
Secondary: Vernal Mining Co. Ground

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District; Diamondfield Subdistrict

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

Owner Name: Goldfield-Belmont Mining Co.

Owner Name: Meridian Land And Minezas Co.
Home Office: P.O. Box 2521, Billings Mt 59103.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1904
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Pyritization, Kaolinization.

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Famatinite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Kaolinite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): LEDGE IS A BROAD ZONE OF PARTLY SHEETED AND PARTLY IRREGULARLY FISSURED AND SHATTERED ROCK. WALLS ARE INDEFINITE OR GOUGY. ORE WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE 62-FT LEVEL AND THE SURFACE. SOME "STRINGER LODE" ORE

Comment (Workings): MAIN SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 62 AND 150 FT; PLUS SHALLOW SHAFTS AND IRREGULAR DRIFTS ABOVE THE 62-FT LEVEL; SOME OPENCUTS

Comment (Geology): AT LEAST TWO PERIODS OF FISSURING AND VEINING AND EVIDENT AT THE 150-FT LEVEL

Comment (Development): LESSEES TOOK SOME ORE FROM THE OLDER VERNAL WORKINGS IN 1905 OR EARLIER. A LITTLE ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM GOLDFIELD-BELMONT WORKINGS IN 1905, BUT WORK HAD BEEN ABANDONED BY 1908

Comment (Location): 2 CLAIMS NE OF MC MAHON RIDGE . UTM IS TO ONE SHAFT ON THE PROPERTY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 9 JUL 82.

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV., P 1367.

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P.110, P.247-248.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 19, P.65-66

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.