| Deposit ID | 10026741 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M000025 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Bullion Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Black Prince Mine? |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.11933, 32.19539 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 805 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 11.5 MI N OF QUIJOTOA TRADING POST |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gurli Put Vo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ajo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Santa Rosa Wash(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 014S | 002E | 24 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Result | 3 SAMPLES FROM MINE WORKINGS 0.107%, 0.188%, 0.036% EU308 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -112.11933, 32.19539 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Strong Fault Zone |
| General form | BUNCHY |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1850 |
| Year | 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | To 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^9 Oz/T Ag, 11% Pb, 1% Cu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 30.48M |
| Overall depth | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M000025 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190398 |
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189
AZ BUR GEOL FILE DATA
MINES HANDBOOK, 1922
USAEC RME-159, JUNE 1970
KEITH, 1974; ABM FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M000025 WITH RE CORD M030536 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE; CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: MID 1800'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-83 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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