USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Arizona · Maricopa County
Prince of Arizona Mine
Unconfirmed Lead Mixed Underground / Surface 2 mapped shafts
Key facts
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Prince
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented 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 (unpublished); Willis, C. (1920), AZ Mining Jour., Aug 1920: 38; AZ Bur.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 …
Additional documented workings
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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
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Dora Thayer (Owner Of 4 Claims) · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Siderite
- Descloizite
- Gold
- Wulfenite
- Descloizite
- Native Gold
- Siderite
View all 10 reported minerals
- Quartz
- Siderite
- Descloizite
- Gold
- Wulfenite
- Descloizite
- Native Gold
- Siderite
- Vanadinite
- Wulfenite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & 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.
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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