The Silver Prince Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Yuma county, Arizona at an elevation of 961 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
Elevation: 961 Feet (293 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 33.07778, -113.78722
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Silver Prince Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Prince Mine
Secondary: Addie Prospect
Secondary: Nottbusch
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Yuma
District: Neversweat District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSOID
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR BUNCHES OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA OCCUR WITH BARITE, MINOR FLUORITE AND SILVER AND COPPER MINERALIZATION IN LENSING VEINS IN BRECCIATED FAULT ZONES IN SCHIST.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON THIS VEIN CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT WHICH CONNECTS WITH A FEW SHORT DRIFTS AND SMALL STOPES.
Comment (Production): IN 1912 , TWO CARS OF SORTED ORE, WHICH CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 35% LEAD AND 35 OUNCES OF SILVER PER TON.
References
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): A.B.M. BULLETIN 134 , P. 128 .
Reference (Deposit): PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ARIZONA DMR, USBM RI 5651, P. 19-24.
Reference (Deposit): VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND MOORE, R.T., 1969, FLUORSPAR, IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 354.
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY ARIZONA: A.B.M. BULLETIN 134 , P. 128 .
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