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Silver Prince Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.29786, 31.97152 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position ON BOUNDARY OF SECTIONS 5 AND 8

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 017S 030E 08 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • N CENTRAL SEC 8, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BASE METAL MINERALIZATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.29786, 31.97152
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description District Mineralization Associated With Tertiary Volcanic And Intrusive Event
Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Strike Nw, Dip 45-50sw In Mine Area

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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 Owner
    Owner Robertson, Pursley

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1949.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS AND ADIT ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP

Comments on development

  • OPERATOR WAS T.J. GRIFFITH IN 1949

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 54.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, 1959, USGS MAP MF-213

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPOTTY MINERALIZATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Gest, Don E. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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