The Belmont Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Belmont Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belmont Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Marysville District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver Crescent, Inc.
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Marysville Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothernal Alteration
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $10-20/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): E SLOPE OF BELMONT MT.
Comment (Production): RICH PRODUCER PRE 1900. D1D PRODUCED IN 1933, 1939, 1942, 1952.
Comment (Deposit): A SYSTEM OF VEINS RUNNING AT HIGH ANGLE TO THE SURFACE. THE SOUTH (MAIN) VEIN'S STRIKE RUNS W TO NW AND FORKS TO TNE W INTO 2 MAIN BRANCHES. THE NORTH VEIN STRIKES NW TO N. IT FORKS TO THE E. ORE IS FOUND FROM THE 4TH LEVEL TO THE SURFACE. THE VEINS DO NOT CONTINUE ACROSS LARG DIKE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 527, P. 73.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 63.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 57, P. 109-10, PL.1
Reference (Deposit): USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK IN 1933, 1939, 1942, 1952
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 842; USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
