Belmont Group

The Belmont Group is a mercury mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Belmont Group  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 37.5475, -116.29194

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Belmont Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Belmont Group


Commodity

Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Kawich District (Gold Reed)


Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: Al And Robert Martel


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
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: Catheral Ridge


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: A Northwest Trending Silicified Horst. Faults Trending N50w, 80sw.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Dacite Is Bleached Light Gray.


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Iron


Comments

Comment (Deposit): AG REPORTED TO OCCUR

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 300 FT SHAFT.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX FAULTING IN AREA, DACITE (MIO) MAP UNIT


References

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL.41

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, 1972, GEOL. AND MINERAL DEPOSITS SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEV: NBMG BULL. 77, P. 38.

Reference (Deposit): ROGERS, ET AL, 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE QUARTZITE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 672.

Reference (Deposit): 5) BALL, S.H., 1907, A GEOL. RECON. OF SW NEV. AND E. CALIF.: USGS BULL. 308, P. 111-113.

Reference (Deposit): 6) KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 92.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.