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Alice Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048324
MRDS ID M899899
Record type Site
Current site name Alice Mine
Alternate or previous names Troy Property, Pratt Tunnel
Related records 10210939

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.92375, 33.13231 (WGS84)
Elevation 939
Relative position 1 MILE W OF TIGER MTN, IN HACKBERRY GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hot Tamale Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Globe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 014E 33 CENTER OF N Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AND NAMED ON QUADRANGLE. POSSIBLY THE PRATT TUNNEL IS AN ADIT SHOWN 1/3 MILE NE OF MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mescal Limestone;Troy Quartzite
    Rock description Mescal Limestone;Troy Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.92375, 33.13231
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Rhyodacite Dike Trends Ew, Complex Local Faulting, Nearest Is Ns Orientation, Cut By Dike

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Veins, Near Rhyodacite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Year of last production 1915

Mining district

District name Dripping Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INCLUDED UNDER TROY IN ABGMT - USBM FILE DATA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 45 DEG., THREE LEVELS (1923) 400 FT IN 1916. CONNECTION MADE TO PRATT TUNNEL, TUNNEL IS 2200 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • MINE DID NOT PAY EXPENSES, CLOSED QUICKLY SOMETIME BEFORE 1920. UNIVERSAL COPPER CO WORKED ON THE PRATT TUNNEL AND THE ALICE IN 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1923. USGS GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S. RAY FOLLO, P22

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP GQ-1021, 1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Gest, Don E. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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