Mine detail: Belden

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.43547, -120.52073

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Iron
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1855

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	INTERMITTANTLY FROM 1876 - 1948

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	3 Major Faults

References

MRDS	M005262
DEP	10028345
Reference	{Deposit:: CARLSON, D.W. AND CLARK, W.B., 1954 , MINES AND MIN RES OF AMADOR COUNTY, CAL.: CJMG VOL. 50 , P. 17}
Reporter	Gere, W., Tatkin, T.; Albers, J.