Belmont Copper Property

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Manganese, Molybdenum, Silver, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10210657
MRDS ID M899889
MAS/MILS ID 0040210158
Record type Site
Current site name Belmont Copper Property
Alternate or previous names Consolidated Holding and Trust Co, Unpatented Claims M S 3093, Lone Star M S 3096,Patented, Patented & Unpat.Claims M S 2838, Unpatented Claim M S 3094, Unpatented Claim M S 3095, Lonestar
Related records 10088908

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.0751, 33.27259 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 002 S 012 E 12 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Paleozoic sedimentary rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Magma Copper Co.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1980
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Belmont Copper Mining Co
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAIMS EXTEND INTO SEC.11

  • Deposit

    USGS SUPERIOR QUAD

  • Deposit

    SHORT, M.N.ET AL,ABM BULL 151,PP154-158

  • Deposit

    ADMR BELMONT MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    WILSON,E D,ET AL,ABM BULL 137,P170

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST SHEET 609

  • Deposit

    ADMR MAGMA COPPER CO.FILES

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM,L.L.ET AL,USBM IC 7990,1961,PP124-126,139-140

  • Deposit

    ELSING,M.J.,AND E.S.HEINEMAN,USGS BULL 140,1934,P99

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    TENNEY,J B MINERAL INDUS OF AZ ABM BULL 125 P 65

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES

  • Deposit

    TENNEY,J B MINERAL INDUS OF AZ ABM BULL 129 P 56

  • Deposit

    AZ ZN AND PB DEPOSITS ABM 156 1950 P 94-96

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.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.