| Deposit ID | 10088908 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M899889 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Belmont Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Doggs, Goodwin, Smith Lease, Monte Carlo Claim |
| Related records | 10210657 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.07598, 33.27259 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1158 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.4 MILES BELOW APACHE LEAP IN BELMONT CANYON , 2 MI SE OF SUPERIOR |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pinal(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Superior(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Tonto National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pinal |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 002S | 012E | 12 | SW OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Vanadinite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| Rock unit name | Escabosa Limestone;Martin Limestone |
| Rock description | Escabosa Limestone;Martin Limestone |
| (1) | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Trending Fault Systems, Ne Trending Fault Systems, Overlain By Pennsylvanian Naco Limestone, Escabrosa Limestone, And Martin Limestone ; Reg.Trends: Lenticular |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw Trending Iron Cap Fault, Ne Trending Eureka And Sandal Faults |
| Strike | N70W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 30E |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Length | 21.34M |
| Width | 4.57M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1899 |
| Discoverer | A.J. Daggs |
| Year of first production | 1926 |
| Year of last production | 1945 |
| District name | Pioneer District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Charles H. Smith |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Magma Copper Co. |
| First year | 1976 |
| Year | 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1926-1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^50 Oz/T Ag, 0.35 Oz/T Au, 2% Pb, 3% Zn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^4 Oz/T Ag, 0.04 Oz/T Au (Average) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1931 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^6% Cu, 1 Oz/T Ag, 38% Pb, 0.06 Oz/T Au | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 58.878HA |
| Length | 7620M |
| Overall depth | 487.68M |
| Overall length | 853.44M |
| Overall width | 731.52M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M899889 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040210158 |
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA.
USBM FILES.
SHORT, M.N., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUPERIOR MINING AREA, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 151, P. 154-158.
WILSON, ED, 1967, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ABM BULLETIN 137, P. 170.
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM IC 7990, P. 124-126, 139-140.
RANSOME, F.L., 1919, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA: USGS BULL 710, P. 164.
USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-253, 1962.
WILSON, E.D., 1950, ABM BULL 156, P. 95.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE DEPOSITS ALONG E-W FAULTS |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000087 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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