The Black Prince Workings Blue Bell Group is a silver and copper mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 32.11389, -110.06778
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Black Prince Workings Blue Bell Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Prince Workings Blue Bell Group
Secondary: Copper Bell
Secondary: Copper Queen
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Coronado Copper And Zinc Co.; Black Prince Copper Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
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: BEDDED REPLACEMENT
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne Fault System N15-20e; E Fault System, N70e To S70e, 45-80s
Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds, & Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Garnetization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Geology): COMMERCIAL ORE APPEARS TO BE CONFINED TO THIN LAYERS IN HORQUILLA LIMESTONE, AND FISSURES. ; GEOL.DESC: MINE IS LOCATED IN HIGHLY FAULTED AREA. MOST ORE WAS CONFINED TO THIN LAYERS IN HORQUILLA LIMESTONE AND ALONG FAULT FISSURES. BANDS OF GARNETITE WHICH CONTAIN SULFIDES OCCUR IN THE LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): AS OF 1911 DEPTH OF MAIN SHAFT "KEYSTONE" IS 937 FT, THE OLD "INCLINE SHAFT", 100 FT WEST OF THE MAIN SHAFT, WAS SUNK ON SECONDARY ORE 153 FT ON A 40 DEG ICLINE TO THE EAST. THE "ALICE", A VERTICAL ASSESSMENT SHAFT, IS 50 FT DEEP AND SHOWS NO MINERALIZATION. FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OLD INCLINE SHAFT AND AT INTERMEDIATE POINTS DRIFTS HAVE BEEN RUN, AGGREGATING SEVERAL HUNDRED FT.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Development): ACTIVE 1901-1918, AND IN 1933; 8 CLAIMS
Comment (Commodity): OXIDIZED ORE MINED OUT, BUT SULFIDE ORES IN GARNETITE WERE NOT EXPLORED.
Comment (Production): ONLY PRODUCTION RECORDED IS 14000 TONS OF ORE WHICH AVERAGED 8.6 PERCENT CU AND 5 OZ. AG PER TON. (INTERMITTENT FROM 1902 TO 1918)
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL. SER. 18, BULL. 156.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 55.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
Reference (Deposit): 1957 DIREXPL CORONADO COPPER AND ZINC CO., DRILLING RESULTS NOT KNOWN
Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416
Reference (Production): COOPER AND SILVER, 1964.
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