| Deposit ID | 10027188 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002413 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Belt Mine |
| Related records | 10232112 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.2763, 34.48755 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1524 |
| Relative position | 3.1 MILES N OF POLAND JUNCTION, ARIZONA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yavapai(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Poland Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)
Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 013N | 001E | 21 | NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Ankerite | Gangue |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Spud Mountain Volcanics (Lower Unit) | ||||||||
| Rock description | Spud Mountain Volcanics (Lower Unit) | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | -112.2763, 34.48755 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N25e |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Veins Parallel Foliation For Most Part |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 4.57M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1870 |
| Year of last production | 1924 |
| District name | Ticonderoga District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 146.3M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002413 |
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 782, P. 125.
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.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
CIMRI
USGS BULL 782, P. 128.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1979 | Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1981 | Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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