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Arizona · Maricopa County

Prince of Arizona Mine

Unconfirmed Silver Underground 2 mapped shafts

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Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Maricopa
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Silver
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Triphahn, Prince of Arizona, Prince -Pat.#4040, Democrat, Charlotte Group-Lode, Plummer Lode, Snow White, Commonwealth, Heath-Cummings Lease

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

‡Ref.: Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 410; Flagg, A.G. (1942), Vanadium report, Book 1 to Book VIII, AZ Dept. Mines Mineral Res. (unpublished); Willis, C. (1920), AZ Mining Jour., Aug 1920: 38; AZ Bur. Mines file data; AZ …

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 2 shaft symbols
  • Shaft : Baldy Mtn. , 1964
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

  • Isbell-Pritchard Dev. Corp · Source-reported owner · 1980

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Descloizite
  • Native Gold
  • Siderite
  • Vanadinite
  • Wulfenite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (2)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 52803

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (5)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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