Alice Mine

The Alice Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,081 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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