Smith lease (Chas. H. Smith), Belmont Mine (Belmont Copper property; Goodwin Mine; Monte Carlo claim; Smith lease; Doggs Mine; Lone Star Mine), Belmont Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 16' 27'' North , 111° 4' 18'' West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~0km
Type:
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Mindat Locality ID:
54712
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:54712:4
GUID (UUID V4):
5c5f2992-d1a1-42e5-9f3f-b7f173432251
‡Ref.: Wilson, E.D., et al (1934), AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 137: 170.
A Au-Ag mine located on the Belmont claim about 1,500 feet NE of the Belmont Mine and 4 miles SE of Superior.
Mineralization is limestones of carboniferous age that strike NNW-ward and dip about 30ºE. The principal oreshoots plunge steeply northward along bedding of the limestone. Largest orebody mined was about 70 feet long by 15 feet wide. All are very lenticular in form. Ore consists of fine-grained, vuggy, grayish to greenish-yellow quartz together with limonite, hematite and a little wulfenite.
Workings include a 70 foot incline, 70 feet of drifts and an 87 foot inclined winze.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chlorargyrite Formula: AgCl Description: Abundant in places and locally associated with copper staining. |
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Description: Relatively fine-grained and tends to occur where wulfenite is present. |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Wulfenite Formula: Pb(MoO4) Description: A little is present. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Chlorargyrite | 3.AA.15 | AgCl |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Wulfenite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(MoO4) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Chlorargyrite | AgCl |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Chlorargyrite | AgCl |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mazatzal DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Pinal County
- Pioneer Mining District (Superior Mining District)Mining District
- Tonto National ForestForest
- Pinal County
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