Prince Mine

The Prince Mine is a manganese, silver, and lead mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,856 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Prince Mine
Secondary: Prince Consolidated
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1432

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Pioche District District 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: Prince Consolidated Mining Co.
Years: 1932 -

Production

Year: 1925
Time Period: 1918-1925

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR AND DISCONTINUOUS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Numerous Faults , With Some Post-Ore Faulting Which Step-Faults The Ore., With Some Post-Ore Faulting Which Step-Faults The Ore.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1432 CONTAINS 15 % FE, + 5000 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 5000 PPM AS, 500 PPM CD, 1500 PPM CU, 7000 PPM PB, 100 PPM SN, + 10000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Phosgenite
Ore: Braunite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Apatite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrolusite

Comments

Comment (Production): PRINCE CONSOLIDATED MINE, VIRGINIA LOUISE, TOTAL FOR BOTH MINES, RESPECTIVELY IN THE TABLE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MUCH OXIDIZED MATERIAL REMAINS UNMINED. FISSURE VEINS AT THE 835 FOOT LEVEL HAVE NOT BEEN PROSPECTED.

Comment (Location): SW SIDE OF THE ELY RANGE

Comment (Geology): ORE DEPOSITS ARE IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN FLAYERS IN STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVAL OF OVER 1,200 FEET. THEY ARE OXIDIZED MANGANIFEROUS FLUXING ORES. HIGH GRADE PB-AG ORE WAS MINED FROM 2 QUARTZ VEINS AND AN IRREGULAR SILICEOUS REPLACEMENT BODY. AT THE PIOCHE SHALE/PROSPECT MTN QUARTZITE CONTACT THERE IS A SILICEOUS ORE WITH 10% ZN. TWO FISSURE VEINS CONTAINING SILICEOUS ORE PRESENT UNDERGROUND IN THE PRINCE MINE, ROUGHLY PARALLEL, ORE VEIN COMPLETELY OXIDIZED, THE OTHER CARRIES SOME SULFIDE ORE. ORE IN THESE FISSURES IS ERRATIC IN DISTRIBUTION. VEIN WITH SULFIDE ORE CARRIES 10-25% PB, 35 OZ AG. DEEPEST WORKINGS ON THE FISSURE VEINS ARE OXIDIZED, CONTAINS SPOTTY METAL CONTENT, IN PLACES UP TO 100 OZ AG/TON. HOST ROCKS STRIKING N-S, DIPPING 15E.

Comment (Development): 4 PATENTED CLAIMS, 1 PATENTED FRACTION, AND 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ALL COVERING 386 ACRES. THE PRINCE MINE WAS DEWATERED SHORTLY AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF THE CASELTON MILL, AND COMMENCED SULFIDE ORE PRODUCTION FROM THE 835-FT OR BOTTOM LEVEL. DEPLETION OF SULFIDE ORE RESERVES CAUSED THE MINE TO CLOSE PRIOR TO 1951. IN EARLY YEARS, THE ORE WAS IN DEMAND AS A FLUXING ORE BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH FE-MN CONTENT. PRINCE CONSOLIDATED MINING CO WAS FORMED IN 1907 BY J. L. HACKETT OF KENTUCKY AND THE GODBE BROTHERS OF SALT LAKE CITY, WHO LATER BUILT A RAILROAD FROM PIOCHE TO THE PRINCE MINE (1912). FROM 1912 TO 1921 LARGE ORE BINS WERE BUILT AND A LARGE OREBODY WAS DEVELOPED. FIRST MINING WAS DONE BY CAVING BUT A SHRINKAGE SYSTEM WAS LATER ADOPTED. MOST SHALLOW BEDDED ORE CAME FROM THE "BIG BED" AND THE "TWENTY-FOOT BED". BY 1920 MOST OF THESE OREBODIES WERE EXHAUSTED AND MOST OUTPUT CAME FROM THE DAVIDSON OREBODY, TAKEN OVER IN 1918. THE MINE WAS IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE 1920-1923 WHEN THE COMPANY WAS

Comment (Development): TAKEN OVER BY THE OWNERS OF THE ADJACENT VIRGINIA LOUISE MINE, AND THE WORKINGS ON THE PRINCE 835 LEVEL WERE EXTENDED, AFTER WHICH THE "SULPHIDE ORE BODY" AND THE "SILVER BED" WERE DEVELOPED AND MINED UNTIL 1926.

Comment (Workings): THE PRINCE AND VIRGINIA LOUISE WORKINGS ARE CONNECTED ON ONE LEVEL - THE 3RD LEVEL OF THE PRINCE AND THE 2ND LEVEL OF VIRGINIA LOUISE CONNECT AT DEPTH OF 268 FEET. . THE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS AND A 65 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT WITH 6 LEVELS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, RAISES. IN 1983, THERE WAS A GLORY HOLE, SHAFTS, MILL AND SMELTER, TOWNSITE WITH PEOPLE STILL LIVING THERE; MINE BUILDINGS USED FOR STORAGE. . THE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS AND A 65 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT WITH 6 LEVELS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, RAISES. IN 1983, THERE WAS A GLORY HOLE, SHAFTS, MILL AND SMELTER, TOWNSITE WITH PEOPLE STILL LIVING THERE; MINE BUILDINGS USED FOR STORAGE.

References

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ, CM & PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

Reference (Deposit): COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. M., 1911, THE PIOCHE DISTRICT; MINES AND MINERALS VOL 32, P. 164.

Reference (Deposit): ZALINSKI, E. R., 1913, ENG AND MIN JOUR, VOL 95, NO. 16, P. 809-812.

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, J. C., 1922, ORE DEPOSITS OF PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA; ENG AND MIN JOUR, VOL 113, NO. 7, P. 283.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 175, ITEMS 5, 6, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS DATED 1909, 1912, 1942.

Reference (Deposit): MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, MAY, 1943, P. 54-55.

Reference (Deposit): JESSUP, D. W., 1913, MIN AND SCI PRESS, P. 773-775, P. 820-822.

Reference (Deposit): 11) WEED, W. H., ED., 1918, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XIII, P. 1126-1127; VOL XV, 1922, P. 1306-1307.

Reference (Deposit): 12) USBM, 1983, MILS DATA.

Reference (Deposit): 13) SMITH, P. AND BENTZ, J., AUG 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT.

Reference (Production): TSCHANZ & PAMPEYAN, 1970; COUCH & CARPENTER, 1943

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TSCHANZ AND PAMPEYAN, 1970

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.