Description
Mexican Prospectors; Relocated By Thomas Yerkes In 1870'S
Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Silver, Gold
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlN-S Trending Metamorphosed Mineralized Zone Along Fault Contact Between Crystalline Limestone And Intrusive Granodiorite On South
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Garnet, Limonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockHornblendite
StructureMineral Deposits Of Washington-Duquesne Area Occupy A Limestone-Sediment Belt (2.5 Miles Long And 1.25 Miles Wide) Surrounded By Igneous Rocks, Limestone Containing Deposits Forms A Large, Irregular, And Massivelens
Tectonic settingDuquesne Fault Block
AlterationPyrometamorphosed Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1932
Last production1947
Discovery year1850
Identification
Deposit ID10046335
MRDS IDM241311
Alternate namesSouth Belmont Incline and Mill Site, Belmont Lease, North Belmont Shaft
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates31.3682, -110.69623
References
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAUSBM FILES, BELMONT MINEADMR FILE DATA, BELMONT LEASEBLM DISTRICT MINING SHEET 727USGS BULL 582, P. 340-341)ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 191, P. 76ABGMT FILES, STANTON B. KEITHUSGS MAP I-762LEHMAN 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, MAPSTENNEY, JAMES B., 1927-29, HISTORY OF MINING IN ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES, P. 293-300