Mine detail: Silver Belt Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.48755, -112.2763

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc, Manganese, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Barite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1870
Last production ended:	1924

Geology

Host rock:	Spud Mountain Volcanics (Lower Unit)
Host type:	Andesite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N25e, Veins Parallel Foliation For Most Part
Alteration processes:	None

References

MRDS	M002413
DEP	10027188
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed)