Gold Prince Mine

The Gold Prince Mine is a gold mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,899 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: 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

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