Copper Prince Mine

The Copper Prince Mine is a copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,049 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Prince Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Bunker Hill 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: Arizona Molybdenum Corp.
Years: 1937 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
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

Form: FUNNEL, ELLIPTICAL PIPE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nnw Trending Block Faulting

Type: L
Description: Breccia Pipe Bounded By Curved Peripheral Faults, Several Faults S Trike E-W, N70w, & N10w

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Of Plagioclase, Breccia Pipe Altered Orange Near Pe Riphery, White At Center

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): COPPER PRINCE BRECCIA PIPE PRODUCED ONLY IN 1937 ALTHOUGH PROSPEC TED IN 1907-1909

Comment (Deposit): ON ADIT LEVEL PIPE IS ELLIPTICAL IN PLAN 280 X 150 FT

Comment (Workings): 1 ADIT, 1 420 FT SHAFT, SEVERAL STOPES (NOW INACCESSIBLE).

Comment (Geology): BRECCIA FRAGMENTS RANGE FROM A FEW TO SEVERAL FEET, MANY HAVE UNDE RGONE ONLY SLIGHT DISPLACEMENT FROM ORIGINAL POSITION

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050127 WITH RE CORD M000723 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): CHALCOPYRITE IS ONLY HYPOGENE MINERAL. PYRITE FILMED BY CHALCOCITE ; CU SULFATES ON WALLS OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. A FLAT-LYING LENS 200 FT BELOW SURFACE YIELDED SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ALMOST PURE CHALCOPY RITE.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Comment (Production): 1937 WAS ONLY RECORDED YEAR OF PRODUCTION

References

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461

Reference (Deposit): WEED, 1913, MIN & ENG WORLD, V. 38, P. 375-378

Reference (Deposit): JORALEMON, 1952, ECON GEOL V. 47, NO. 3, P. 243-259

Reference (Production): SIMONS, 1964

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