Silver Bullion Mine

Past Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Molybdenum, Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026741
MRDS ID M000025
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bullion Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Prince Mine?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11933, 32.19539 (WGS84)
Elevation 805
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 11.5 MI N OF QUIJOTOA TRADING POST

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014S 002E 24 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • BLACK PRINCE LISTED IN MOLYBDENUM FILE AS BEING IN SECS 24 & 13, T 14S, R1E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Analytical data

Result 3 SAMPLES FROM MINE WORKINGS 0.107%, 0.188%, 0.036% EU308

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11933, 32.19539

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Strong Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHY

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Along Contact Of Gneiss And Schist With Limestone. Numerous Pyr Ometosomatic Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Production statistics

  • Year 1924
    Period To 1924
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^9 Oz/T Ag, 11% Pb, 1% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 254g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 11wt-pct
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189

  • Deposit

    AZ BUR GEOL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    MINES HANDBOOK, 1922

  • Deposit

    USAEC RME-159, JUNE 1970

  • Production

    KEITH, 1974; ABM FILE DATA

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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