The Black Prince No. 1 Claim is a manganese mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,526 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: 1,526 Feet (465 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.72694, -111.77778
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Black Prince No. 1 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Prince No. 1 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1954
Time Period: 1954?
Material type: MN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^21% To 31% Mn Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1954
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Block Faulting Trending Nnw.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1964)
Comment (Deposit): MN OXIDES OCCUR ALONG FRACTURE PLANES AS PODS AND IRREGULAR DISSEMINATIONS.
Comment (Workings): OPENCUT 35 BY 10 BY 25 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN BRECCIATED FRACTURE ZONE IN COARSE-GRAINED GRANITE.
Comment (Production): ITEM 1: PRODUCED BY DESILVA AND ALLINIO ITEM 2: PRODUCED BY C.R. BREEDON UNDER LEASE ALSO, IN 1955, ALTON R. POWELL, UNDER LEASE SHIPPED 1 TRUCKLOAD OF ORE.
Comment (Development): MINE INACTIVE AS OF 1956. EQUIPMENT REMOVED.
References
Reference (Deposit): FARNHAM, L.L., STEWART, L.A., DELONG, C.W., 1961, U.S. BUREAU MINES I.C. 7990
Reference (Deposit): 1961 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU MINES , I.C. 799
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Production): FARNHAM, L. L., ET. AL. 1961
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