The Silver Belt Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Yavapai county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.4875, -112.27556
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Silver Belt Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Belt Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yavapai
District: Ticonderoga District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Year Last Production: 1924
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N25e
Type: L
Description: Veins Parallel Foliation For Most Part
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 1720.000000+-
Dating Method: U-Pb (zircon)
Material Analyzed: Zircon
Age Young: Proterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN CUTS PRECAMBRIAN METAVOLCANIC ROCKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 782, P. 125.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, C.A., AND CREASEY, S.C., 1958 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 308, P. 169-171.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 467, P. 110.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 782, P. 128.
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