The Belmont Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,751 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: 5,751 Feet (1,753 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 31.36806, -110.69556
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Belmont Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belmont Mine
Secondary: North Belmont Shaft
Secondary: South Belmont Incline and Mill Site
Secondary: Belmont Lease
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Santa Cruz
District: Washington Camp 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Rosario Exploration Co.
Years: 1973 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1932
Year Last Production: 1947
Discovery Year: 1850
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Mineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks
Type: L
Description: Limestone Containing Deposits Forms A Large, Irregular, And Massivelens
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrometamorphosed Limestone
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE VALUES AVERAGED 9% ZN, 3% CU, 3% PB, 6OZ./TON AG, MINOR AU
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: SILVER BELL MINE (SOUTH BELMONT) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ADJACENT ON WEST TO EMPIRE MINE; 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF HOLLAND MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES APPROXIMATELY CONFORMABLE WITH LIMESTONE, WHICH ON NORTH DIPS 60 W, AND ON SOUTH, CURVES TO EAST
Comment (Geology): ORE MOSTLY FOUND ON CONTACTS BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND GARNET; SOME OF SULFIDE ORE IS WELL-EMBEDDED IN QUARTZ
Comment (Development): OWNERS AND OPERATORS INCLUDED BACON (1870'S-1905), DUQUESNE MININGAND REDUCTION CO., F.O. BOSTWICK (1930), BRACEY CURTIS ESTATE (1934), DE LA OSSA (1936), RIVERA AND WEAVER (1937), MCGREGOR (1937), BYRD (1946-47), NASH MINES (1955-1964), CARL SANDBERG AND FRED WILLIAMS, D.C. GILBERT, HUGO MILLER, JUAN SESTEAGA; PROPERTY COMPRISES ONE PATENTED CLAIM; PART OF NASH MINES BELMONT LEASE (BELMONT, SILVER BILL, SILVER JACK, AND WEDGE CLAIMS) IN 1955
Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS INCLUDED 150 FT BY 50 FT OPEN CUT, 45 FT DEEP INCLINED DRIFT, 200-FT SHAFT, EXTENSIVE STOPES, 200-FT TUNNEL, SEVERAL WINZES; SHAFT INCLINES 40 SW; BELMONT LEASE WORKINGS AS OF 1955 INCLUDED 600-FT TUNNEL, 200-FT TUNNEL, 50 FT RAISE CONNECTING 2 TUNNELS; 4 OLD SHAFTS ON BELMONT AND SILVER BILL (SOUTH BELMONT PROPERTIES
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: MID 1800'S
References
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA, BELMONT LEASE
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 582, P. 340-341)
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 76
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITH
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP I-762
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES, BELMONT MINE
Reference (Deposit): LEHMAN NORMAN E., 1978, THE GEOLOGY AND PYROMETASOMATIC ORE DEPOSITS THE WASHINGTON CAMP-DUQUESNE DISTRICT, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, ARIZONA; PHD. DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, P. 126-143, MAPS
Reference (Deposit): TENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 293-300
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