The Princess Mine is a silver mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 850 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 850 Feet (259 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 33.10611, -114.58417
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Princess Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Princess Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Strontium
Location
State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Silver 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Celestite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR FISSURE FILLING.
Comment (Commodity): FE ALSO OCCURS.
Comment (Location): JUST NORTH OF THE HAMBURG MINE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCED SILVER ORE DURING THE 1880'S. SUBSTANTIAL BUT UNRECORDED.
Comment (Development): SURVEYED FOR PATENT IN 1880 FOR NORTON, CRAWFORD, AND LAMBIE. OWNED BY MRS ROSE LIVINGSTON IN 1933.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000098 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): SOMETIMES INCLUDED WITH THE HAMBURG MINE JUST TO THE NORTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 63.
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 177.
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, 1966, SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE, MASTERS THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
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