The Belmont Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,799 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: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.2725, -111.07528
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Belmont Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Belmont Mine
Secondary: Doggs
Secondary: Goodwin
Secondary: Smith Lease
Secondary: Monte Carlo Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Pioneer 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
Owner Name: Magma Copper Co.
Years: 1976 -
Owner Name: Charles H. Smith
Production
Year: 1931
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^6% Cu, 1 Oz/T Ag, 38% Pb, 0.06 Oz/T Au
Year: 1927
Time Period: 1926-1927
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^50 Oz/T Ag, 0.35 Oz/T Au, 2% Pb, 3% Zn
Year: 1928
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^4 Oz/T Ag, 0.04 Oz/T Au (Average)
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1926
Year Last Production: 1945
Discovery Year: 1899
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Fault Systems, Ne Trending Fault Systems, Overlain By Pennsylvanian Naco Limestone, Escabrosa Limestone, And Martin Limestone ; Reg.Trends: Lenticular
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Iron Cap Fault, Ne Trending Eureka And Sandal Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Near Surface Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diabase
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Geology): DISTINCT ZONING IN EUREKA VEIN
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000087 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Workings): MAIN SHAFT (BELMONT SHAFT) DEVELOPED EUREKA AND SANDAL FAULT ZONES. DRIFTS OFF MAIN SHAFT UNDER LONE STAR, AJAX, APEX, MOUNTAIN VIEW, COPPER BELL, IRON CAP, MONTE CARLO, BELMONT, TOUCHNOT, RAWHIDE, PACIFIC NO. 1, AND PACIFIC NO. 13 CLAIMS; ADDITIONAL WORKINGS ON THESE CLAIMS AND ADJOINING CLAIMS OF THE BELMONT GROUP INCLUDING NUMEROUS TUNNELS, SHAFTS.
Comment (Development): INCLUDED 120 UNPATENTED AND 12 PATENTED CLAIMS IN 1976; PREVIOUS OWNERS AND/OR OPERATORS INCLUDE CLAUMET AND ARIZONA (1913), NORTHBUTTE(1923), BELMONT COPPER MINING CO. (1925-1940'S) CONSOLIDATED HOLDING AND TRUST CO. (1925); ORIGINAL GROUP OF CLAIMS KNOWN AS DAGGS GROUP
Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS ALONG E-W FAULTS
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., 1961, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF EASTERN ARIZONA: USBM IC 7990, P. 124-126, 139-140.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1919, DEPOSITS OF MANGANESE ORE IN ARIZONA: USGS BULL 710, P. 164.
Reference (Deposit): USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-253, 1962.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1950, ABM BULL 156, P. 95.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USBM FILES.
Reference (Deposit): SHORT, M.N., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUPERIOR MINING AREA, ARIZONA: ABM BULLETIN 151, P. 154-158.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, ED, 1967, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ABM BULLETIN 137, P. 170.
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