Mine detail: Belmont Mine

Previously called 'South Belmont Incline and Mill SiteBelmont LeaseNorth Belmont Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.3682, -110.69623

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Garnet, Limonite
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1850

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1932
Last production ended:	1947

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Hornblendite
Structure:	Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks, Limestone Containing Deposits Forms A Large, Irregular, And Massivelens
Tectonic:	Duquesne Fault Block
Alteration processes:	Pyrometamorphosed Limestone

References

MRDS	M241311
DEP	10046335
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: USBM FILES, BELMONT MINE}{Deposit:: ADMR FILE DATA, BELMONT LEASE}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 582, P. 340-341)}{Deposit:: ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 76}{Deposit:: ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH}{Deposit:: USGS MAP I-762}{Deposit:: LEHMAN NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143, MAPS}{Deposit:: TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 293-300}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.