The Copper Prince Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,049 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,049 Feet (1,234 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.76222, -110.48528
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Copper Prince Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Prince Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Bunker Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Arizona Molybdenum Corp.
Years: 1937 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: FUNNEL, ELLIPTICAL PIPE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nnw Trending Block Faulting
Type: L
Description: Breccia Pipe Bounded By Curved Peripheral Faults, Several Faults S Trike E-W, N70w, & N10w
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Of Plagioclase, Breccia Pipe Altered Orange Near Pe Riphery, White At Center
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): COPPER PRINCE BRECCIA PIPE PRODUCED ONLY IN 1937 ALTHOUGH PROSPEC TED IN 1907-1909
Comment (Deposit): ON ADIT LEVEL PIPE IS ELLIPTICAL IN PLAN 280 X 150 FT
Comment (Workings): 1 ADIT, 1 420 FT SHAFT, SEVERAL STOPES (NOW INACCESSIBLE).
Comment (Geology): BRECCIA FRAGMENTS RANGE FROM A FEW TO SEVERAL FEET, MANY HAVE UNDE RGONE ONLY SLIGHT DISPLACEMENT FROM ORIGINAL POSITION
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050127 WITH RE CORD M000723 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): CHALCOPYRITE IS ONLY HYPOGENE MINERAL. PYRITE FILMED BY CHALCOCITE ; CU SULFATES ON WALLS OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. A FLAT-LYING LENS 200 FT BELOW SURFACE YIELDED SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ALMOST PURE CHALCOPY RITE.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979
Comment (Production): 1937 WAS ONLY RECORDED YEAR OF PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461
Reference (Deposit): WEED, 1913, MIN & ENG WORLD, V. 38, P. 375-378
Reference (Deposit): JORALEMON, 1952, ECON GEOL V. 47, NO. 3, P. 243-259
Reference (Production): SIMONS, 1964
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