Mine detail: Goldfield-Belmont Mine

Previously called 'Vernal Mining Co. Ground'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.75606, -117.19397

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc, Copper, Tellurium, Antimony
Ore:	Famatinite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1904

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1904

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Milltown Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Pyritization, Kaolinization.

References

MRDS	M242054
DEP	10046838
Reference	{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P.110, P.247-248.}{Deposit:: NBMG REPORT 19, P.65-66}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV., P 1367.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 9 JUL 82.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)