King Mine

The King Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,902 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: King Mine
Secondary: King 400 Mine
Secondary: King Gold Mine
Secondary: Gold King Group: Claim Patented In 1892
Secondary: King 400: Unpatented Claims
Secondary: King Gold
Secondary: Marylu
Secondary: Lanny
Secondary: Fraction
Secondary: Gold Howard
Secondary: Captain Henry
Secondary: Golden Eagle

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Eureka District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Fitch, A. J. And Fowles, Maude J.
Home Office: Hachita, N.M.
Years: 1940 -

Owner Name: Carl Wilder
Home Office: Hachita, N.M.
Years: 1941 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1878
Year Last Production: 1941
Discovery Year: 1877
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 238 AND SEVEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT ON THE KING GOLD CLAIM.

Comment (Production): ACCURATE PRODUCTION YEARS WERE 1905, 1907, 1908, 1916, 1919 TO 1921, 1923, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1940 AND 1941.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1947 CONSISTED OF THE KING 400 SHAFT ABOUT 260 FT. DEEP WITH THREE LEVELS CONTAINING OVER 800 FT. OF DRIFTS, THE KING GOLD SHAFT ABOUT 400 FT. DEEP WITH OVER 500 FT. OF DRIFTS, THE KING GOLD NO. 2 SHAFT AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW SHAFTS. THE KING GOLD SHAFT WAS REPORTED TO BE INACCESSIBLE AND ALL WORKINGS FLOODED BELOW THE 100 FT. LEVEL.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 335-336

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1938 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 33, NO 4, P. 365-389

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, P. 89-90

Reference (Deposit): ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 19-22, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): ACCURATE PRODUCTION FROM AGGREGATED USBM RECORDS. ESTIMATED PRODUCTION FROM USGS PP 68, P. 336.

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