The Prince of Arizona Mine is a lead and gold mine located in Maricopa county, Arizona.
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Mine Info
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Prince of Arizona Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prince of Arizona Mine
Secondary: Prince
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Maricopa
District: Pikes Peak District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Dora Thayer (Owner Of 4 Claims)
Years: 1961 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1920
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1901
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Microdiorite Dikes Are Truncated By Tert Volcanic Flows
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Descloizite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Production): SHIPPED 1 CARLOAD OF ORE IN 1920 WHICH RAN 52.7% PB, 39.7 OZ/T AG, AND $5/T AU
Comment (Development): 3 CLAIMS STAKED IN 1901, 17 MORE CLAIMS LOCATED BY C.C. MCGINNIS & W. E. THOMAS IN 1920. CLAIMS INCLUDE PRINCE OF ARIZONA, CAMP, MINIMU M, FISSURE, SUMMIT, EL PLOMO, DEMOCRAT, COMMONWEALTH, ANNEX, ARGENTITE ; FORMER OPERATORS INCLUDE LUTHER MCADAMS, C.M. GRADY
Comment (Workings): ONE 40 FT AND ONE 120 FT INCLINED SHAFT DRIVEN AROUND 1901; OPEN PITS OR SHALLOW BENCHES ABOUT 200 FT LONG
Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004277 WITH RE CORD M800243 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ADJOINS CHARLOTTE GROUP TO NE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964
Comment (Commodity): ALSO BI & U OXIDES NOTED
References
Reference (Deposit): ABM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILLIS, 1920, AZ MIN JOUR, APRIL 1920, P. 38
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): BLM DISTRICT SHEET 203
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Production): WILLIS, 1920, P. 38
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