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Black Prince Workings Blue Bell Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103729
MRDS ID M050009
Record type Site
Current site name Black Prince Workings Blue Bell Group
Alternate or previous names Copper Bell, Copper Queen
Related records 10282833

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06844, 32.11401 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 3/4 MILE NORTH OF TOWN OF JOHNSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 015S 022E 23 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDIZED ORE MINED OUT, BUT SULFIDE ORES IN GARNETITE WERE NOT EXPLORED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnetization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Texas Canyon
    Rock description Texas Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone;Black Prince Ls
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone;Black Prince Ls

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06844, 32.11401
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Fault System N15-20e; E Fault System, N70e To S70e, 45-80s
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nw ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds, & Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED REPLACEMENT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Beds Were Replaced By Ore Solutions. Fluids Also Filled Fissures. Ne Trending Faults Localize Ore

Comments on the geologic information

  • COMMERCIAL ORE APPEARS TO BE CONFINED TO THIN LAYERS IN HORQUILLA LIMESTONE, AND FISSURES. ; GEOL.DESC: MINE IS LOCATED IN HIGHLY FAULTED AREA. MOST ORE WAS CONFINED TO THIN LAYERS IN HORQUILLA LIMESTONE AND ALONG FAULT FISSURES. BANDS OF GARNETITE WHICH CONTAIN SULFIDES OCCUR IN THE LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Cochise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Coronado Copper And Zinc Co.; Black Prince Copper Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY PRODUCTION RECORDED IS 14000 TONS OF ORE WHICH AVERAGED 8.6 PERCENT CU AND 5 OZ. AG PER TON. (INTERMITTENT FROM 1902 TO 1918)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1911 DEPTH OF MAIN SHAFT "KEYSTONE" IS 937 FT, THE OLD "INCLINE SHAFT", 100 FT WEST OF THE MAIN SHAFT, WAS SUNK ON SECONDARY ORE 153 FT ON A 40 DEG ICLINE TO THE EAST. THE "ALICE", A VERTICAL ASSESSMENT SHAFT, IS 50 FT DEEP AND SHOWS NO MINERALIZATION. FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE OLD INCLINE SHAFT AND AT INTERMEDIATE POINTS DRIFTS HAVE BEEN RUN, AGGREGATING SEVERAL HUNDRED FT.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE 1901-1918, AND IN 1933; 8 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., AND SILVER, L.T., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., 1950, ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL. SER. 18, BULL. 156.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 55.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.

  • Deposit

    1957 DIREXPL CORONADO COPPER AND ZINC CO., DRILLING RESULTS NOT KNOWN

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416

  • Production

    COOPER AND SILVER, 1964.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

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