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Tonopah-Belmont

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Aluminum, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silica, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113715
MRDS ID TC35924
MAS/MILS ID 0040130559
Record type Site
Current site name Tonopah-Belmont
Alternate or previous names Belmont-Mcneil, Economy Mining, East Vulture
Related records 10062455

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.93515, 33.64617 (WGS84)
Elevation 793
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belmont Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Centennial Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004 N 007 W 36 W2 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Secondary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silica Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.93515, 33.64617
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Milca Mining Co.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1962
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Pherson
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS 15 BELMONT MTS. MAP

  • Deposit

    ADMR BELMONT-MCNEIL MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    MINING CONBRESS JOURNAL, JUNE 1945, P 69

  • Deposit

    ELSING,U., & HEINEMAN, R., AZ. B.M. #140, P 94.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, R., AZBM #180, P 192

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, J.B., AZBM #125, P 83.

  • Deposit

    TENNEY, J.B., AZBM #129, P 76-77

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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