Princess Mine

The Princess Mine is a zinc mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.

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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: Princess Mine
Secondary: Princess Group: Claims
Secondary: Princess
Secondary: Sitting Bull
Secondary: Sitting Bull No. 2
Secondary: Sitting Bull No. 3

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Central 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: U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co.
Home Office: Salt Lake City, Ut.
Years: 1969 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1969
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D011688 BY CLINT E. SEANOR HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PRINCESS SHAFT SHOWN ON THE SANTA RITA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Deposit): FOUR PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2025 COVERING ABOUT 60 ACRES. REPLACEMENT OF PENNSYLVINIAN OSWALDO LIMESTONE AND SYRENA FORMATION SOUTH OF FIERRO-HANOVER STOCK.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1957 CONSISTED OF A 1500 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH FOUR LEVELS.

References

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, E. C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 7, 58-59, 61

Reference (Deposit): HERNON, R. M., JONES, W. R., AND MOORE, S. L., 1964 USGS GEOLOGIC MAP, GQ-306

Reference (Deposit): JONES, W. R., HERNON, R. M., AND MOORE, S. L., 1967 USGS PP 555, 144 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): JONES, W.R., AND HERRON, R.M., 1973, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE PB 214, 371, P. 14.

Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, A.C., AND PAIGE, SIDNEY, 1935, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 859, P. 69.

Reference (Production): AGGREGATED USBM PRODUCTION RECORDS.

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