USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Esmeralda County
Belcher Divide Mine
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Esmeralda
- Mining district
- Divide (Gold Mountain) District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Belcher Claims., Reorganized Belcher Divide Mining Co. Property, Belcher Mine
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Alteration: Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic, Zoned Around Fractures And Faults Deposit: Discovery year: early 1900's oreshoot at intersection of a NW fissure and a n-s vein showing ore at surface Development: Active in 1923. Originally gold mountain de…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 38 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Reorganized Belcher Divide Mining Co., N. M. Mccormick, Pres. · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Cerargyrite
- Chlorargyrite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (38)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 428573
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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