| Deposit ID | 10039625 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050521 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Prince Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Hiltano Group, Hilton Or Lead Mountain, Includes Chief, Prince, Go Pher, and 49 Mines |
| Related records | 10210507 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.64512, 31.86957 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1481 |
| Relative position | 10 MI SSW OF PANTANO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Empire Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rillito(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 018S | 017E | 18 | CENTER | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Aurichalcite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Sycamore Canyon Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock description | Sycamore Canyon Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Concha Limestone |
| Rock description | Concha Limestone |
| (1) | Cretaceous to Late Jurassic sedimentary rocks with minor volcanic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fissures, Nw Tear Breaks, Ne Dikes |
| General form | PIPELIKE BODIES AND IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Empire District |
|---|
| Year | 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1900-1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^50% Pb, 10 Oz/T Ag, Some Zn, Minor Cu, Au | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 228.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050521 |
FEISS, 1929, M.S. THESIS, UNIV OF ARIZ
CREASEY, S.C., 1973, FIELD EXAM
KEITH, 1974, ABM BULL 189, P. 119
WILSON, 1951, ABM BULL 158, P. 54-55
KEITH, 1974
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M050521 WITH RE CORD M030524 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEOD ORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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