The Belleview is a gold mine located in Tuolumne county, California.
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Mine Info
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Belleview MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belleview
Secondary: Hyde
Secondary: Golden Treasure
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Tuolumne
Land Status
Not available
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): PITCHING, INCLINED SHAFT 5 FT. WITH FOUR MAIN LEVELS; DRIFT ADIT AND SEVERAL DRIFTS OFF SHAFT WITH LITTLE STOPING
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TWO QUARTZ VEINS SEPARATED BY 60 FT. IN ADIT LEVEL, AND SHARING SAME FISSURE IN LOWER LEVEL; ONE FORMED OF BRECCIATED QUARTZ, THE OTHER HAVING A RIBBON TEXTURE. NO INTRUSIVE MATTER IN VEINS, BUT BOTH ARE AURIFEROUS, RANGING IN THICKNESS FROM 3 TO 20 FT. EACH.
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE FORMERLY KNOWN AS HYDE WAS LATER RENAMED BELLEVIEW, AND IN MOST RECENT REPORTS WAS HELD UNDER A AGRICULTURAL PATENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): IRELAND, WM. JR., 1892 , ELEVENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 11 , P. 501 - 502
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 13 , P. 474
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WM. JR., 1890 , TENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT. 10 , P. 755
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