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Gold Prince Mine

Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silica, Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Graphite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027007
MRDS ID M001704
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Prince Mine
Alternate or previous names Henry Clay, Pat Price, Basin, Bain, Murphy Mine
Related records 10209896

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.57287, 32.19651 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position ABOUT 2.75 MILES NE OF DOS CABEZAS, ARIZONA AND 17 MILES SE OF WILLCOX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dos Cabezas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willcox(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 027E 22,27 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTRAL 27, S CENTRAL 22. INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silica Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Graphite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AURIFEROUS BASE METAL SULFIDES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Graphite Gangue
Quartz Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyrometamorphism

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.57287, 32.19651
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Fault Juxtaposing Cret Bisbee Group To North With Prec Rapakivi Quartz Monzonite To South. Beds Strike E-W And Dip 60 Or More N.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR
    Strike N70W
    Dip 65S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1878
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Mascot District , Dos Cabezas District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Queenstake Resources Usa Inc.
    First year 1991

Comments on the production information

  • THIS MINE WAS THE MAJOR GOLD PRODUCER OF THE DISTRICT WITH SOME 10,000 TONS PRODUCED SPORADICALLY FROM EARLY 1880'S TO 1950.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 90000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 14.117 g/mt Gold Major 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 TUNNELS, NO SHAFTS, IN STEEP HILLSIDE SLOPING SOUTH. DEPTH OF WORKINGS AT LEAST 500 FT, AT LEAST 3000 FT TOTAL WORKING LENGTH, PROBABLY MORE

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED A.J. WELYT, G.D. DIRBY, TED MARSH MINING CO., SUTTON STEELE, C.E. WHEELOCK, C.L. DALLARD, W.R. SHANKLIN, FRANK W. ROTTMAN, GOLD PRINCE MINING AND MILLING CO., OUTWEST MINING COMPANY, AND PHELPS DODGE CORPORATION (1987). THIS SITE WAS LOCATED IN 1878 AS MURPHY MINE. IN 1989, THE MINE WAS ACTIVELY PRODUCING AU-BEARING SILICA FLUX FOR CU SMELTING. 9000 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING BY PHELPS DODGE CORP. BETWEEN 1983 AND 1986, FOLLOWED BY SAMPLING, MAPPING, AND 6000 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING BY QUEENSTAKE RESOURCES 1987-1989.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, 1934, P. 119, 120.

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J., AND HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 91.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., 1960, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-231.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., BEARD, R.R., NIEMUTH, N.J., AND BAIN, D.R., 1991, ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA--1992: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 39, 20 P.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1989, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS--1989-90: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 36, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Deposit

    SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, 1988, EXPLORATION ROUNDUP: V, 189, NO. 6, P. 11.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NIEMUTH, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 3 ENCEHELON LENTICULAR AU-BEARING QUARTZ-SULFIDE BODIES (N70W,65S) ALONG MAJOR FAULT IN CRETACEOUS METAMORPHIC ROCKS. ORE IN A STRONG ZONE OF SHEARED AND PYROMETAMORPHOSED SANDSTONE AND GRAPHITIC SHALE ALONG A MAJOR FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 19-APR-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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