Mine detail: Silver Belt Mine

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Location: Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.48755, -112.2763
dep_id: 10027188
mrds_id: M002413
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper, Gold
Trace mineral: Zinc, Manganese, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
gangue: Ankerite, Barite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: None
conc_proc: Oxidation And Enrichment At Near Surface
ore_ctrl: Faulting, Shearing
Reporter: Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)
hrock_unit: Spud Mountain Volcanics (Lower Unit)
hrock_type: Andesite
Structure: Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N25e, Veins Parallel Foliation For Most Part
Year first produced: 1870
yr_lst_prd: 1924
References:
  • Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 782, P. 125.
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A., AND CREASEY, S.C., 1958 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 308, P. 169-171.
  • Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 467, P. 110.
  • Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
  • Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: USGS BULL 782, P. 128.
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