The Gold Belt Mines is a copper mine located in Greenlee county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,639 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,639 Feet (1,414 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.08333, -109.42333
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Gold Belt Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Belt Mines
Secondary: Eagle Gold and Copper Claims
Secondary: Dover Copper Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Greenlee
District: Copper Mountain 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dover Copper Mining Co ; Principal Owner: W. V. Tiscornia
Years: 1957 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Year Last Production: 1947
Discovery Year: 1904
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: LINEAR
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne-Sw Trending Step-Faults; Mines Are Approximateley 0.25 Mile South Of Copperplate Fault; Fault Block Under Gold Belt Property Has Been Upthrown 1500 Ft
Type: L
Description: Gold Belt Vein Paralleling Granite Prophyry Dike
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Forming Gossans Over Central Orebody
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 55.500000+-0.500000
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY VALUES RANGED FROM 5 TO 20% CU
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): GOLD BELT CLAIMS NO 6-10 ARE LOCATED IN T45 28E 13NE, T45 29E 18SW, T 45 29E 18NW ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED EAGLE GOLD AND COPPER MINING CO, GOLD BELT DEVELOPMENT AND REDUCTION CO, G.I. PACE AND M.E. MOSHCETTO, BASS AND PACE, F.S. SCOTT, J.M. SAVAGE, E.C. BUNKER, J.W. ANDERSON, GOLD BELTMINING CO, DOVER COPPER MINING CO
Comment (Deposit): 20 PATENTED CLAIMS; COPPER ORE LIES IN STREAKS AND POCKETS WITH MANGANESE ORE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT INCLUDED 8 SHAFTS, SEVERAL TUNNELS, 5-STAMP GOLD MILL; ALL 700 FT OF KNOWN OREBOY WAS CONNECTED BY DRIFT WORKINGS ON COMSTOCK GROUP AND GOLD BELT GROUP CLAIMS; GOLD PLACER GRAVELS HAVE BEEN MINED IN COPPERPLATE GULCH SINCE THE EARLY 1880'S
Comment (Geology): GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE INTRODUCED COPPER MINERALIZATION TO LOCALITY FROM MAIN MORENCI MONZONITE AND GRANITE PORPHYRY STOCKS WHICH ARE EAST OF THE GOLD BELT MINES
References
Reference (Deposit): MINING REPORTER, VOL. L111, NO 16 (APRIL 19, 1906), PAGES 386-390, REVIVAL OF GOLD MINING IN CLIFTON-MORENCI, ARIZONA, DISTRICT
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1355, P. 15-16
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE CO., AZ: MS THESIS UNIV OF AZ
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET 840
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. X111, EAGLE GOLD AND COPPER MINING CO, PAGE 473
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPING FILE, DOVER COPPER MINING CO
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 43
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