Mine detail: Tonopah Belmont Development Co.

Previously called 'Belmont ShaftAcenith Shaftdesert Queen Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.07133, -117.21731

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Arsenic
Ore:	Argentite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Mizpah Trachyte;West End Rhyolite;Tonopah Formation
Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Halifax Fault (N-S, 35-40e), Mizpah Fault, Belmont Fault, Tesuro Fault
Alteration processes:	Silicification Along Faults

References

MRDS	M231780
DEP	10044372
Reference	{Deposit:: SPURR, J.E., 1905 GEOLOGY OF THE TONOPAH MINING DISTRICT: USGS PROF. PAPER 42, P. 193-194}{Deposit:: CARPENTER, JA, ET AL, 1953, HISTORY OF FIFTY YEARS OF MINING AT TONOPAH: NBMG BULL. 51}{Deposit:: NOLAN, TB, 1935, UNDERGROUND GEOL. OF THE TONOPAH MIN. DIST.: NBMG BULL. 23}{Deposit:: NBMG BULL 92, P.114}{Production:: CARPENTER, ET AL, 1953, P. 149}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)