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Southern Belle Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silica, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104085
MRDS ID M241166
Record type Site
Current site name Southern Belle Mine
Alternate or previous names Morning Star Property
Related records 10162340

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.73874, 32.5765 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 2.4 MILES SOUTH OF AMERICAN FLAG HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Campo Bonito(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010S 016E 20;19 SE OF NW (20) Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE SOUTH OF CAMPO BONITO, 9 MILES SOUTH OF ORACLE. SECTION NOT SURVEYED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silica Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Galena And Pyrite Strongly Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Dripping Springs Quartzite;Bolsa Quartzite
    Rock description Dripping Springs Quartzite;Bolsa Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.73874, 32.5765
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dripping Springs Quartzite In Erosional Unconformity With Overlying Bolsa Quartzite. Mine Located In Complexly Faulted Camb And Prec Rocks, Less Than 1/2 Mile S Of The Wnw Trending Mogul Fault. N Of The Mogul Fault Is Precambrian Quartz Monzonite.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Series Of Short Nw Trending Faults Bedding Generally N To Nnw Trend, E Dip 15-30

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins + Shears-Quartzite Is Extensively Sheared

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH LCRET-TERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD. THESE INTRUSIVE PORPHYRIES ARE EXPOSED 1 MILE SW OF THE MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1964

Mining district

District name Oracle District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carl Pierson, Oracle, 1960; Grady Herring
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tucson Y. M. C. A
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • PAST PRODUCTION OF AURIFEROUS SILICA FLUX.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED; WALKER AND PIERSON, ERNEST GARCIA, E.M. MARSHALL, SANDERSON AND WELLS, W.O. WELLS, MOKOM AND CO., R.O. BERRYMAN, GRADY L. HERRING, APACHE PEAK CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. PROPERTY. CLAIMS INCLUDE THE CARELESS, CROSSTOWN, APACHE GIRL, AND DOLPHIN. 12 PATENTED CLAIMS IN 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 1218, 1967

  • Deposit

    ADMR SOUTHERN BELLE MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEET 710

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN QUARTZ VEIN REPORTEDLY SUB HORIZONTAL WITH 20-30 DEGREE NE DIP.
Deposit MAY INCLUDE PARTS OF CARELESS, CROSS TOWN, APACHE GIRL, DOLPHIN, APACHE PEAK CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., JIM DOUGLAS, FORTUNA, AND ARAVAIPA METALS CLAIMS AND PROPERTIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Steinzig, Kathryn L. (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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