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Copper Prince Mine

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088596
MRDS ID M050127
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Prince Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.48596, 32.76232 (WGS84)
Elevation 1234
Relative position 0.7 MI W OF COPPER CREEK IN THE GALIURO MTNS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Grove Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(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 008S 018E 10 NE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHALCOPYRITE IS ONLY HYPOGENE MINERAL. PYRITE FILMED BY CHALCOCITE ; CU SULFATES ON WALLS OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. A FLAT-LYING LENS 200 FT BELOW SURFACE YIELDED SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ALMOST PURE CHALCOPY RITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization Of Plagioclase, Breccia Pipe Altered Orange Near Pe Riphery, White At Center

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description Copper Creek Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.48596, 32.76232
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nnw Trending Block Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Pipe Bounded By Curved Peripheral Faults, Several Faults S Trike E-W, N70w, & N10w

Ore body information

  • General form FUNNEL, ELLIPTICAL PIPE
    Length 85.34M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 128.02M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Pipe

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIA FRAGMENTS RANGE FROM A FEW TO SEVERAL FEET, MANY HAVE UNDE RGONE ONLY SLIGHT DISPLACEMENT FROM ORIGINAL POSITION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer Prospected By Calumet & Arizona Mining Co In 1907-1909

Mining district

District name Bunker Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Arizona Molybdenum Corp.
    First year 1937

Comments on the production information

  • 1937 WAS ONLY RECORDED YEAR OF PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 128.02M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 ADIT, 1 420 FT SHAFT, SEVERAL STOPES (NOW INACCESSIBLE).

Comments on development

  • COPPER PRINCE BRECCIA PIPE PRODUCED ONLY IN 1937 ALTHOUGH PROSPEC TED IN 1907-1909

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461

  • Deposit

    WEED, 1913, MIN & ENG WORLD, V. 38, P. 375-378

  • Deposit

    JORALEMON, 1952, ECON GEOL V. 47, NO. 3, P. 243-259

  • Production

    SIMONS, 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON ADIT LEVEL PIPE IS ELLIPTICAL IN PLAN 280 X 150 FT
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050127 WITH RE CORD M000723 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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