Mine detail: Belmont Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.54746, -116.29282

Resource(M)

Primary:	Mercury
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Iron
Discovery year:	1904

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Dacite
Associated type:	Monzonite
Structure:	A Northwest Trending Silicified Horst. Faults Trending N50w, 80sw.
Alteration processes:	The Dacite Is Bleached Light Gray.

References

MRDS	M055303
DEP	10040497
Reference	{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL.41}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, 1972, GEOL. AND MINERAL DEPOSITS SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEV: NBMG BULL. 77, P. 38.}{Deposit:: ROGERS, ET AL, 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE QUARTZITE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ - 672.}{Deposit:: 5) BALL, S.H., 1907, A GEOL. RECON. OF SW NEV. AND E. CALIF.: USGS BULL. 308, P. 111-113.}{Deposit:: 6) KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 92.}
Reporter	Gassaway, Judith S., Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)