Mine detail: Belmont Mine

Previously called 'DoggsGoodwinSmith LeaseMonte Carlo Claim'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.27259, -111.07598

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Tertiary: Manganese, Vanadium
Ore: Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1899

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1926
Last production ended: 1945

Geology

Host rock:Escabosa Limestone;Martin Limestone
Host type:Diabase
Associated type:Diabase
Structure:Nw Trending Fault Systems, Ne Trending Fault Systems, Overlain By Pennsylvanian Naco Limestone, Escabrosa Limestone, And Martin Limestone ; Reg.Trends: Lenticular, Nw Trending Iron Cap Fault, Ne Trending Eureka And Sandal Faults
Alteration processes:Near Surface Oxidation

References

MRDSM899889
DEP10088908
Reference{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES.}{Deposit:: SHORT, M.N., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUPERIOR MINING AREA, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 151, P. 154-158.}{Deposit:: WILSON, ED, 1967, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ABM BULLETIN 137, P. 170.}{Deposit:: FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM IC 7990, P. 124-126, 139-140.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1919, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA: USGS BULL 710, P. 164.}{Deposit:: USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-253, 1962.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1950, ABM BULL 156, P. 95.}
ReporterRoth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.)