Prince Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039625
MRDS ID M050521
Record type Site
Current site name Prince Mine
Alternate or previous names Hiltano Group, Hilton Or Lead Mountain, Includes Chief, Prince, Go Pher, and 49 Mines
Related records 10210507

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.64512, 31.86957 (WGS84)
Elevation 1481
Relative position 10 MI SSW OF PANTANO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Empire Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rillito(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 017E 18 CENTER Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Aurichalcite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Oxidation On 750 (Deepest) Level, Massive Sulfide Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Sycamore Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Sycamore Canyon Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Concha Limestone
    Rock description Concha Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Nw Tear Breaks, Ne Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form PIPELIKE BODIES AND IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Joints, Fissures And Solution Cavities Adjoining Sill.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Empire District

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period 1900-1930
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^50% Pb, 10 Oz/T Ag, Some Zn, Minor Cu, Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 282g/mt
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 50wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT; EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT BUT LITTLE INDICATION OF MUCH PRODUC TION, EG NO ORE BIN OR TRUCK ROAD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FEISS, 1929, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZ

  • Deposit

    CREASEY, S.C., 1973, FIELD EXAM

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 119

  • Deposit

    WILSON, 1951, ABM BULL 158, P. 54-55

  • Production

    KEITH, 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050521 WITH RE CORD M030524 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.