Princess Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Princess Mine | Mine (Abandoned) |
| Silver Mining District | Mining District |
| La Paz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 6' 21'' North , 114° 35' 4'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2022
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cibola | 250 (2011) | 24.5km |
| Palo Verde | 171 (2011) | 38.8km |
| Winterhaven | 394 (2011) | 41.0km |
| Buckshot | 153 (2017) | 41.7km |
| Yuma | 94,139 (2017) | 42.5km |
A former underground Pb-Zn-Ag-Baryte-Fluorspar-Sr-Fe-Mo-V mine located in the center of sec. 1, T.4S., R.23W. (protracted), 1 mile NE of the Red Cloud Mine, on BLM-administered land. Started in the 1880's. Owned/operated at times, or in part, by Blake; Norton, Crawford & Lambie; Neal Mining Co., and the New Jersey Zinc Co. Surveyed for patent in 1880 for Norton, Crawford, and Lambie. Owned by Mrs Rose Livingston in 1933.
Mineralization is nuggets of argentiferous lead carbonate, sulfate, and oxide intermingled with zinc carbonate and reportedly some galena, argentite, and chlorargyrite, with vanadinite and wulfenite in vugs, in a gangue of calcite and brecciated and silicified wall rock cemented with calcite, barite, celestine, quartz, fluorite, and irregular masses of iron oxide. Irregular fissure filling in a curved fault zone traceable for a mile southward. It cuts metamorphic Mesozoic schist intruded by Laramide granodiorite and capped by Tertiary dacite flows and pyroclastics and strikes NNW and dips 30ºSW. The ore zone is 0.6 meters wide.
The Princess vein occurs within this fault zone, near the south end of the claim and a short distance north of an offset in the fault. The hanging wall of the oreshoot is a carbonate vein about 2 feet thick, and the footwall is brecciated, silicified andesite about 4 feet thick, cemented with carbonate and barite. The ore oreshoot consists mainly of manganese-stained breccia cemented by carbonates, fine-grained vitreous quartz and fluorite, together with irregular masses of hematite. The oreshoot is 1½ to 2 feet (.5 to .6 meters) wide in places but branched into seams only 1 or 2 inches (2.5 to 5 cm)_ thick.
Workings include an inclined shaft about 100 feet (30.48 meters) deep & open stopes to 50 feet deep. Worked during the 1880's. Produced substantial, but unrecorded, amounts of silver ore.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
15 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Acanthite Formula: Ag2S |
| ⓘ Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 Description: Nuggets to several inches diameter. |
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Celestine Formula: SrSO4 |
| ⓘ Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 Description: Nuggets to several inches diameter. |
| ⓘ Chlorargyrite Formula: AgCl |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ 'Manganese Oxides' References: Bob Reynolds collectionIdentified by Alfredo Petrov: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Massicot Formula: PbO Description: Nuggets to several inches diameter. |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Smithsonite Formula: ZnCO3 |
| ⓘ Vanadinite Formula: Pb5(VO4)3Cl Description: Occurs in fractures & vugs; gemmy, transparent crystals & crystal aggregates. |
| ⓘ Wulfenite Formula: Pb(MoO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Chlorargyrite | 3.AA.15 | AgCl |
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Massicot | 4.AC.25 | PbO |
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Smithsonite | 5.AB.05 | ZnCO3 |
| ⓘ | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| ⓘ | Celestine | 7.AD.35 | SrSO4 |
| ⓘ | Wulfenite | 7.GA.05 | Pb(MoO4) |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Vanadinite | 8.BN.05 | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Manganese Oxides' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Massicot | PbO |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| O | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| S | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Chlorargyrite | AgCl |
| Cl | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| V | Vanadium | |
| V | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Zn | Zinc | |
| Zn | ⓘ Smithsonite | ZnCO3 |
| Sr | Strontium | |
| Sr | ⓘ Celestine | SrSO4 |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| Ag | ⓘ Chlorargyrite | AgCl |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| Pb | ⓘ Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| Pb | ⓘ Massicot | PbO |
| Pb | ⓘ Vanadinite | Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
| Pb | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
Other Databases
| GeoNames ID: | 5309922 |
|---|---|
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10027199 |
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10113345 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
USA
- Arizona
- La Paz County
- Trigo MountainsMountain Range
- La Paz County
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References
Emmons, S. F., Becker, G. F. (1885) Statistics and Technology of the Precious Metals. Bureau of the Census.
Parker, Frank Z. (1966) The geology and mineral deposits of the Silver District, Trigo Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona. Masters, San Diego State College. pp.131-132
Princess Mine, Silver Mining District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA