The Alice Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,081 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,081 Feet (939 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 33.13222, -110.92306
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Alice Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alice Mine
Secondary: Troy Property
Secondary: Pratt Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Dripping Springs 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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1950
Year Last Production: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Rhyodacite Dike Trends Ew, Complex Local Faulting, Nearest Is Ns Orientation, Cut By Dike
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 45 DEG., THREE LEVELS (1923) 400 FT IN 1916. CONNECTION MADE TO PRATT TUNNEL, TUNNEL IS 2200 FT LONG
Comment (Location): LOCATED AND NAMED ON QUADRANGLE. POSSIBLY THE PRATT TUNNEL IS AN ADIT SHOWN 1/3 MILE NE OF MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TROY IN ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA
Comment (Development): MINE DID NOT PAY EXPENSES, CLOSED QUICKLY SOMETIME BEFORE 1920. UNIVERSAL COPPER CO WORKED ON THE PRATT TUNNEL AND THE ALICE IN 1957
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1923. USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S. RAY FOLLO, P22
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP GQ-1021, 1971
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