The Belden is a gold mine located in Amador county, California.
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Belden MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belden
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Amador
District: East Belt
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Belden Amador Mines, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1855
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: 3 Major Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE VALUE AVERAGED $56/TON IN 1948 , EARLIER VALUES AVERAGED $41 - $42/TON.
Analytical Data: GOLD CONTENT OF ORE IS 50 % FREE, 50 % AURIFEROUS PYRITE WITH A LITTLE PYRRHOTITE
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1850'S
Comment (Commodity): MINOR AMOUNTS OF GALENA AND SPHALERITE PRESENT
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 OF SECTION
Comment (Production): CUMULATIVE FIGURE FOR GOLD AND SILVER COMBINED
Comment (Deposit): GOLD OCCURS IN STRINGER QUARTZ VEINS IN HOST ROCK;
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT 400 FT WITH LEVELS AT 160 , 250 , 300 , 350 , 400 FT, SEVERAL THOUSAND FT OF DRIFTS, STOPE 400 FT ALONG STRIKE OF VEINS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GOLD OCCURS IN "STRINGER QUARTZ" VEINS, IN GRANODIORITE; 3 EN ECHELON ORE SHOOTS DIP STEEPLY EAST; ORE BODIES FAULTED TO THE WEST, TOWARD THE SOUTH, WITH 20 - 25 FT DISPLACEMENT ALONG 3 MAJOR FAULTS.
Comment (Deposit): ADD. REF. NO.4. DOM BULL. 144, P. 214; MIN. INF. SVCE. V. 2, NO. 10, P. 5
References
Reference (Production): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN RES OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 170
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