Mine detail: Belmont Mine

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

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Location: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.3682, -110.69623
dep_id: 10046335
mrds_id: M241311
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper, Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Garnet, Limonite
orebody_fm: LENSES
alteration: Pyrometamorphosed Limestone
conc_proc: Partial Oxidation; Some Supergene Enrichment; Replacement Of Limestone
ore_ctrl: N-S Trending Metamorphosed Mineralized Zone Along Fault Contact Between Crystalline Limestone And Intrusive Granodiorite On South
Reporter: Calder, Susan R.
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_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
Year first produced: 1932
yr_lst_prd: 1947
disc_yr: 1850
discr: Mexican Prospectors; Relocated By Thomas Yerkes In 187*
References:
  • 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
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