Princess Mine

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Strontium, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027199
MRDS ID M002448
Record type Site
Current site name Princess Mine
Related records 10113345

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.58496, 33.10618 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Relative position 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF THE RED CLOUD MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 04S 023W 01 CENTER Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • JUST NORTH OF THE HAMBURG MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Strontium Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FE ALSO OCCURS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Celestite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.58496, 33.10618

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip 30SW
    Thickness 0.05M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Princess Occurs Within A Fault Zone, Near The Southern End Of The Claim And A Short Distance North Of An Offset In The Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED SILVER ORE DURING THE 1880'S. SUBSTANTIAL BUT UNRECORDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 10.67M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT

Comments on development

  • SURVEYED FOR PATENT IN 1880 FOR NORTON, CRAWFORD, AND LAMBIE. OWNED BY MRS ROSE LIVINGSTON IN 1933.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 177.

  • Deposit

    PARKER, 1966, SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE, MASTERS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D000098 OF R.P. FISCHER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit SOMETIMES INCLUDED WITH THE HAMBURG MINE JUST TO THE NORTH.
Deposit IRREGULAR FISSURE FILLING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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