Black Princess Mine, Cerro Colorado Mining District, Cerro Colorado Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Black Princess Mine | Mine |
| Cerro Colorado Mining District | Mining District |
| Cerro Colorado Mountains | Mountain Range |
| Pima County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 40' 57'' North , 111° 16' 54'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Arivaca | 695 (2011) | 12.9km |
| Amado | 295 (2011) | 20.7km |
| Arivaca Junction | 1,090 (2011) | 21.4km |
| Tubac | 1,191 (2011) | 23.6km |
| Tumacacori-Carmen | 393 (2015) | 24.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
35595
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:35595:8
GUID (UUID V4):
8b42a451-b2e1-4962-8d64-e9bea2dc8660
Ref.: Jones, R.D. (1957) Geology of the Cerro Colorado mining district, Pima County, Arizona: Tucson, University of Arizona, M.S. thesis, 59 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:14,080.
Jones, R.D. (1957) Geology of the Cerro Colorado mining district, Pima County, Arizona [abs.]: Arizona Geological Society Digest: 1: 42-43.
Keith, Stanton B. (1974), Arizona Bureau of Geology & Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Bull. 189, Index of Mining Properties in Pima County, Arizona: 113 (Table 4).
Arizona Bureau of Mines file data.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10039561, MRDS ID #M050284; and, Dep. ID #10137977, MAS ID #0040190131.
A former small surface and underground Ag-Au-Pb-Cu mine located in the SE ΒΌ sec. 14, T.20S., R.10E., 8 miles NNW of Arivaca. Owned by Udall. Operated by Soloman & Woatman (1935).
Mineralization is spotty primary and secondary lead minerals and minor copper carbonates in an oxidized and supergene enriched quartz-fissure zone in Cretaceous andesite porphyry. Depth to bottom of ore is 21.34 meters, the ore body strikes N85E and dips 75SE.
Workings include a shallow shaft and surface operations to 24.38 meters deep. Worked sporadically from the early 1800's to 1939. Some 100 tons of ore were produced, averaging about 20 oz. Ag/T, 0.2 oz. Au/T, with minor Pb & Cu.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| β Anglesite Formula: PbSO4 |
| β Cerussite Formula: PbCO3 |
| β Galena Formula: PbS |
| β Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena Formula: PbS with Ag |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| β | var. Silver-bearing Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS with Ag |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Cerussite | 5.AB.15 | PbCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| β | Anglesite | 7.AD.35 | PbSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| O | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| S | β Galena | PbS |
| S | β Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | β Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | β Anglesite | PbSO4 |
| Pb | β Cerussite | PbCO3 |
| Pb | β Galena | PbS |
| Pb | β Galena var. Silver-bearing Galena | PbS with Ag |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10039561 |
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