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Belcher Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc
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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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109871
MRDS ID M800390
Record type Site
Current site name Belcher Mine
Alternate or previous names Great Belcher, Red Rock Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.32963, 34.44561 (WGS84)
Elevation 1762
Relative position 1.66 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MT. ELLIOTT; 3.3 MILES WEST OF POLAND JUNCTION.

Site location context

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

Prescott 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 12N 001W 26 NE OF NE Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • UTM COORDINATED TO ADIT SYMBOL LOCATED 250 FT ABOVE ROAD (OLD RAILROAD GRADE). OTHER WORKING ARE TO THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST OF THE ADIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Big Bug Pluton And Associated Dikes;
    Rock description Big Bug Pluton And Associated Dikes;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Lower Unit Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Lower Unit Spud Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.32963, 34.44561
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N25e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation For Most Part

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N35E
    Dip STEEPLY SOUTHEAST
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 243.84M
    Depth to bottom 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1906
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Ticonderoga District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Stan West Mines Inc.
    Home office Scottsdale, Ariz.
    First year 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.088HA
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall length 304.8M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN TUNNEL 600 FT LONG. MAIN SHAFT 800 FT. DEEP. SHAFT ON BELCHER CLAIM IS 235 FT. DEEP

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION DATA FOR BELCHER, GREAT BELCHER, AND RED ROCK MINES COMBINED. SURFACE EXPLORATION DRILLING PROJECT AT THIS SITE 1984-1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPING FILES

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 134-135

  • Deposit

    USGS GQ MAP GQ 997

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1336, GEOLOGIC MAPS

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCESDIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS AND IS LOCALIZED NEAR RHYOLITE DIKES.
Deposit DEPOSIT WAS MINED IN EARLY DAYS AS TYPICAL HIGH GRADE GOLD-QUARTZ VEIN. LATER PRODUCTION INVOLVED LOWER GRADE STOPING OF LARGE AREAS OF VEIN AND WALL ROCK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit CLAIM GROUP INCLUDES 4 CLAIMS: BELCHER, RED ROCK, 2 OTHERS-ONE OF WHICH MAY BE MAMMOTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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