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Silver Prince Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158877
MRDS ID M241044
MAS/MILS ID 0040030212
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Prince Mine
Related records 10104057

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.29784, 31.97093 (WGS84)
Elevation 1854
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rustler Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(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

Coronado National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017 S 030 E 08 C N2 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS ALSO IN C S2 SEC 5 T. 17 S., R. 30 E. WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT WITH AT LEAST 380 FT OF WORKINGS, A SHAFT WITH WORKINGS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT, MAY CONNECT WITH ADIT; AN ADJACENT ADIT 70 FT LONG. QUARTZ AND LIMESTONE UNITS WITH COMMON SHEAR ZONES. MINOR PYRITE. MINOR AMOUNT OF ORE MATERIAL ON DUMPS CONTAINING ALTERED ROCK, SKARN, EPIDOTE, PYRITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE. NO ORE OBSERVED IN PLACE. ACCORDING TO KEITH, A FEW TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1949.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.29784, 31.97093
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Robertson
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Pursley

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 54

  • Deposit

    BROWN S D 1993 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93, 188 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-93 ADMR/Brown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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