Pride Mine

The Pride Mine is a gold mine located in La Paz county, Arizona at an elevation of 1,299 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Pride Mine  

State:  Arizona

County:  La Paz

Elevation: 1,299 Feet (396 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 34.15389, -114.03750

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Pride Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pride Mine
Secondary: Arizona Pride


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: Arizona
County: La Paz
District: Pride 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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Year Last Production: 1912
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: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault Contact Between Limestone And Metamorphics


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2 OZ AU/TON, 0.2 OZ AG/TON, LITTLE CU


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Unknown: Hematite


Comments

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-ANGLE DETACHMENT FAULTING; OREBODIES ARE WITHIN AND IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE FLINTY, CHLORITE, MICROBRECCIATED DETACHMENT SURFACE.

Comment (Location): IN THE BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS; EAST OF OSBORNE WASH; NORTH OF THE NEW STANDARD MINE.

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD. FEW TENS OF TONS OF ORE.

Comment (Development): PAST OPERATORS INCLUDE: DENTON, OSBORNE

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50 FT SHAFT WITH SEVERAL ADIT TUNNELS


References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 451, P. 123

Reference (Deposit): ABGMT BULL 192, P. 122

Reference (Deposit): WILKINS, J., AND HEIDRICK, T. J.; 1982, BASE AND PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION RELATED TO LOW-ANGLE TECTONIC FEATURES IN THE WHIPPLE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND BUCKSKIN MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA; IN, MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE COLORADO RIVER REGION, CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEVADA, EDITED BY FROST, E.G. AND MARTIN D.L.: CORDILLERAN PUBLISHERS, P. 182.


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