The Belmont Shaft is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,320 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,320 Feet (2,231 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.61667, -116.93333
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Belmont Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belmont Shaft
Secondary: Transylvania No. 1 and 2 Mine
Secondary: Belmont Mine
Secondary: Highbridge South Mine
Secondary: Wood and Bull Mine.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Belmont District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Belmont Silver Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE VALUED AT $70-100/TON
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT.
Comment (Production): ORE WAS MINED FROM THE BELMONT MINE AND TRANSYLVANIA MINE.
Comment (Deposit): HIGHBRIDGE VEIN AND TRANSYLVANIA NO. 1 VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO. NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 23
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.
