The Gold Prince Mine is a gold mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 32.1961, -109.57220
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Gold Prince Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Prince Mine
Secondary: Basin
Secondary: Henry Clay
Secondary: Dos Cabezas Project
Secondary: Bain
Secondary: Murphy
Secondary: Pat Price
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cabezas/Mascot
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp.
Info Year: 1987
Owner Name: Western States Minerals Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1996
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1880-1950
Description: 1880-1950 10000 St Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Combined Methods
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1878
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MORE LAND HOLDINGS IN T14S; R27E SEC 22 SC.
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES AND MINING
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, PP. 205, 206.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING
Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, PP. 134, 135.
Reference (Deposit): ADDNL HOLDINGS IN T14S R27E S CEN SEC 22
Reference (Deposit): KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 61
Arizona Gold
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