Southern Belle Mine

The Southern Belle Mine is a gold, silica, and lead mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,400 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

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Site Name

Primary: Southern Belle Mine
Secondary: Morning Star Property

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silica
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Oracle District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Carl Pierson, Oracle, 1960; Grady Herring

Owner Name: Tucson Y. M. C. A
Years: 1960 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1964
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: Dripping Springs Quartzite In Erosional Unconformity With Overlying Bolsa Quartzite. Mine Located In Complexly Faulted Camb And Prec Rocks, Less Than 1/2 Mile S Of The Wnw Trending Mogul Fault. N Of The Mogul Fault Is Precambrian Quartz Monzonite.

Type: L
Description: Series Of Short Nw Trending Faults Bedding Generally N To Nnw Trend, E Dip 15-30

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Galena And Pyrite Strongly Oxidized

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH LCRET-TERT INTRUSIVE PERIOD. THESE INTRUSIVE PORPHYRIES ARE EXPOSED 1 MILE SW OF THE MINE.

Comment (Location): 1 MILE SOUTH OF CAMPO BONITO, 9 MILES SOUTH OF ORACLE. SECTION NOT SURVEYED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Production): PAST PRODUCTION OF AURIFEROUS SILICA FLUX.

Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED; WALKER AND PIERSON, ERNEST GARCIA, E.M. MARSHALL, SANDERSON AND WELLS, W.O. WELLS, MOKOM AND CO., R.O. BERRYMAN, GRADY L. HERRING, APACHE PEAK CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. PROPERTY. CLAIMS INCLUDE THE CARELESS, CROSSTOWN, APACHE GIRL, AND DOLPHIN. 12 PATENTED CLAIMS IN 1960

Comment (Deposit): MAIN QUARTZ VEIN REPORTEDLY SUB HORIZONTAL WITH 20-30 DEGREE NE DIP.

Comment (Workings): 3 TUNNELS

Comment (Deposit): MAY INCLUDE PARTS OF CARELESS, CROSS TOWN, APACHE GIRL, DOLPHIN, APACHE PEAK CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., JIM DOUGLAS, FORTUNA, AND ARAVAIPA METALS CLAIMS AND PROPERTIES.

References

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1218, 1967

Reference (Deposit): ADMR SOUTHERN BELLE MINE FILE

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINING DISTRICT SHEET 710

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

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