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Prince of Arizona Mine

Past Producer in Maricopa county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum, Vanadium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027869
MRDS ID M004277
Record type Site
Current site name Prince of Arizona Mine
Alternate or previous names Prince
Related records 10113400

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.36546, 33.77674 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI W OF WHITE PEAK, 5 MI W OF AGUA FRIA RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Maricopa(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Phoenix North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Maricopa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 005N 001W 16 NE4 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS CHARLOTTE GROUP TO NE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ALSO BI & U OXIDES NOTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Descloizite Ore
Gold Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Yavapai Schist
    Rock description Yavapai Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.36546, 33.77674
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Microdiorite Dikes Are Truncated By Tert Volcanic Flows

Ore body information

  • Length 414.53M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Series Of Parallel Ew Ledges In Yavapai Schist Run Into A Large Ns Quartz Ledge

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer D.B. Morgan
Year of first production 1920
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Pikes Peak District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dora Thayer (Owner Of 4 Claims)
    First year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPED 1 CARLOAD OF ORE IN 1920 WHICH RAN 52.7% PB, 39.7 OZ/T AG, AND $5/T AU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 40 FT AND ONE 120 FT INCLINED SHAFT DRIVEN AROUND 1901; OPEN PITS OR SHALLOW BENCHES ABOUT 200 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS STAKED IN 1901, 17 MORE CLAIMS LOCATED BY C.C. MCGINNIS & W. E. THOMAS IN 1920. CLAIMS INCLUDE PRINCE OF ARIZONA, CAMP, MINIMU M, FISSURE, SUMMIT, EL PLOMO, DEMOCRAT, COMMONWEALTH, ANNEX, ARGENTITE ; FORMER OPERATORS INCLUDE LUTHER MCADAMS, C.M. GRADY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    WILLIS, 1920, AZ MIN JOUR, APRIL 1920, P. 38

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEET 203

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    WILLIS, 1920, P. 38

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M004277 WITH RE CORD M800243 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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