The Pride Mine is a gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,299 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: 1,299 Feet (396 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.15389, -114.03750
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Pride Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pride Mine
Secondary: Arizona Pride
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Pride 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: 1911
Year Last Production: 1912
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault Contact Between Limestone And Metamorphics
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 OZ AU/TON, 0.2 OZ AG/TON, LITTLE CU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Unknown: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-ANGLE DETACHMENT FAULTING; OREBODIES ARE WITHIN AND IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE FLINTY, CHLORITE, MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE.
Comment (Location): IN THE BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS; EAST OF OSBORNE WASH; NORTH OF THE NEW STANDARD MINE.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD. FEW TENS OF TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Development): PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: DENTON, OSBORNE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50 FT SHAFT WITH SEVERAL ADIT TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 123
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 122
Reference (Deposit): WILKINS, J., AND HEIDRICK, T. J.; 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; IN, MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA, EDITED BY FROST, E.G. AND MARTIN D.L.: CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS, P. 182.
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