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Gold Prince Mineral Assessment

Last updated on May 14, 2026

Project Summary: Reviewed, compiled, and updated mineral resource data files for the Gold Prince Mine property located near Dos Cabezas, Arizona. Project tasks included compiling site specific bibliography of public data, private reports, and publications; digitizing geologic cross-sections, maps, and illustrations. Private client.

Mineralized veins at the Gold Prince consist of coarse-textured white quartz with scattered small masses and disseminations of galena, pyrite, and chalcopyrite. High-grade gold mineralization (up to 10+ ounces per ton) occurs within areas where these sulphide minerals are located. Spanning up to three-miles in length, the principal controls for mineralized veins are structures located within the Apache Pass fault zone. The Gold Prince ore lens occurs at a cymoid of one major fault splay, coincidental with favorable sedimentary wall rock. Underground workings included five adits with a total of more than 5,900 feet of tunnels within a vertical range of 750 feet. Research indicates approximately 22,000 ounces of gold have been produced from the property between 1880 and 1996. However, actual historic production records are incomplete and unavailable.  Recent estimates include unmined gold reserves of 30,000 to 40,000 ounces as Measured and Indicated mineral resources, with an additional 100,000 ounces categorized as Proven and Probable mineral reserves.

Base of 12-Raise on Level 5 1-West, Gold Prince Mine near Dos Cabezas, Arizona (photo by author, 1993),
Base of 12-Raise on Level 5 1-West, Gold Prince Mine (photo by author)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Gold Prince Mine Intersection of Level 5 crosscut & 1-East (photo by author)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Gold Prince Mine Intersection of 5-Level crosscut & 1-West (photo by author)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Gold Prince Mine 5-Level 1-West, with Eimco 12B Mucker (photo by author)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Gold Prince Mine 5-Level 1-East 8-Raise (photo by author)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Gold Prince Mine section showing crosscuts, stopes, and levels (SRK, 2021)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Gold Prince Mine section showing crosscuts, stopes, and levels (Queenstake Resources, 1988?)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Geologic Cross Sections through Apache Pass Fault Zone in the Dos Cabezas Mountains (USGS I-1570)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Gold Prince Mine 5-Level, 1-West (AZGS?)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Gold Prince Mine Timbered Stope 1980s (AZGS)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Gold Prince Mine Stope 1980s (AZGS)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Gold Prince Mine Overview 1940s (AZGS)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Gold Prince Mine 3-level Stop 1980s (AZGS)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Gold Prince 3-level portal 1980s (AZGS)
Gold Prince Mine - Dos Cabezas District, Arizona
Gold Prince Mine 3-level 1980s (AZGS)

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