Description
Gold Belt Mining Co
Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver, Lead, Manganese
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLINEAR
Ore controlWell-Defined Fissure Vein In Granite Porphyry Dike
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite, Pyrolusite, Sphalerite
GangueLimonite
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockBasalt · Coronado Quartzite;Gila Conglomerate (Associated With Volcanic Flows)
StructureNe-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, Gold Belt Vein Paralleling Granite Prophyry Dike
Tectonic settingSoutheastern Arizona Tertiary Volcanic Flow Region
AlterationOxidation Forming Gossans Over Central Orebody
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1907
Last production1947
Discovery year1904
Identification
Deposit ID10109874
MRDS IDM800410
Alternate namesEagle Gold and Copper Claims, Dover Copper Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.08343, -109.42398
References
BLM DISTRICT SHEET 840WEED, W.H., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. X111, EAGLE GOLD AND COPPER MINING CO, PAGE 473ABGMT-USBM FILE DATAABGMT CLIPPING FILE, DOVER COPPER MINING COARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATAUSGS PP 43MINING REPORTER, VOL. L111, NO 16 (APRIL 19, 1906), PAGES 386-390, REVIVAL OF GOLD MINING IN CLIFTON-MORENCI, ARIZONA, DISTRICTUSGS BULLETIN 1355, P. 15-16BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE CO., AZ: MS THESIS UNIV OF AZ