USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Storey County
Belcher Mine
Mindat Confirmed Gold Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Storey
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- Belcher
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Regional Dip To West And Northwest Faults Alteration: Oxidation, Propylitization, Pyritization Deposit: The big bonanza at the crown point mine was also found at the belcher mine. This ore body, discovered at the 1000-ft level of the crown…
Additional documented workings
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Level
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 1000 ft.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 22 shaft symbols
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Level
· length 1000 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: t the crown point mine was also found at the belcher mine. This ore body, discovered at the 1000-ft level of the crown... -
Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Structure: Regional Dip To West And Northwest Faults Alteration: Oxidation, Propylitization, Pyritization Deposit: The big bonanza at…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Acanthite
- Amethyst
- Andesite
- Calcite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
View all 15 reported minerals
- Acanthite
- Amethyst
- Andesite
- Calcite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Galena
- Native Gold
- Native Silver
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Sphalerite
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 (22)
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 417084
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (15)
- underground workings
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