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Prince Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Lead, Manganese, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295752
MRDS ID D000023
MAS/MILS ID 0320170023
Record type Site
Current site name Prince Mine
Alternate or previous names Virginia Louise, Davidson See Comments
Related records 10008111

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.47394, 37.90106 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioche(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 067 E 33 N2N2S2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Braunite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Hemimorphite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.47394, 37.90106
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 15E
    Thickness 13M
    Length 380M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 240M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N20W:15E
    Minimum Depth to Top 235
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Prince Consolidated Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1983

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL HISTORICAL MINE PRODUCTION: 1112000 T ORE AT A GRADE OF 102.8 G/T AG, 1.03 G/T AU, 3% PB, 4% ZN AND 12% MN.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION. HOWEVER, MUCH OXIDE ORE REPORTED AS REMAINING, NO ESTIMATE AVAILABLE.
  • MATRICES ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR; REPRESENT THE TONNAGES AVAILABLE IN THE VARIOUS ORE TYPES; CLASSIFIED BY GIMMEL. THE IRON CONTENT IS ESTIMATED IN MATRICES ONE, TWO, AND FOUR. A CALCIUM ANALYSIS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR MATRICES ONE AND TWO. MATRIX ONE REPRESENTS THE TYPE, TONNAGE, AND G OF ORE PROPOSED FOR MINING OPERATIONS. 1985 UPDATE. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTIVITY AT THE MINE IN THE RECENT PAST. THE MINE HAS NOT PRODUCED SINCE 1949. GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 4 KM SW OF PIOCHE GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM NO MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEMMILL, P. THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. CH. 54 IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES, 1933- 1967, ED. BY J. D. RIDGE. V. II, 1ST

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    (GRATON-SALES) ED., AIME, 1968, PP. 1128-1147.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. H., JR. MINING AND MILLING METHODS AT THE

  • Deposit

    CASELTON MINE, COMBINED METALS REDUCTION COMPANY, PIOCHE,

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES IC 7586, 1950, 24 PP.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L. P., AND L. H. KNIGHT. STRATABOUND

  • Deposit

    LEAD-ZINC-SILVER ORES OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA -

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    UNUSUAL "MISSISSIPPI VALLEY" DEPOSITS. PAPER IN

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    PROCEEDINGS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF

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    GEOLOGISTS/UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION BASIN AND RANGE

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    SYMPOSIUM AND GREAT BASIN FIELD CONFERENCE (LAS VEGAS, NV,

  • Deposit

    OCT. 7-11, 1979), ED. BY G. W. NEWMAN AND H. D. GOODE.

  • Deposit

    RMAG, 1979, PP. 389-396.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B. LEAD DEPOSITS AND OCCURRENCES IN

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    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MAP 78, 1983,

  • Deposit

    SCALE 1:1,000,000.

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    TRENGOVE, R. R. INVESTIGATION OF COMET COALITION

  • Deposit

    LEAD-ZINC DEPOSIT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    RI 4541, 1949, 6 PP.

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    TRENGOVE, R. R. RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE

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    DEPOSITS. BUMINES RI 5446, 1959, 40 PP.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND E.H. PAMPEYAN. GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES

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    AND GEOL. BULL. 73, 1970, TABLE 10, P. 130; PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L. G., AND A. KNOPF. GEOLOGY AND ORE

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    DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    PROF. PAPER 171, 1932, 75 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-88 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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External references

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