The Silver King Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.
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Silver King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Central District (Bayard District)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1930
Time Period: -1930
Description: Cp_Grade: ^15% Pb, 68 G/T Ag, 7 G/T Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1930
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Apollo Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): CARBONATE ORE IS ARGENTIFEROUS
Comment (Deposit): VEINS ALONG AND BETWEEN TWO SPLAYS OF THE NNE-TRENDING APOLLO FAULT CHIEFLY IN THE CRETACEOUS QUARTZ DIORITE SILL.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT 50 M. DEEP WITH A FEW HUNDRED M. OF WORKINGS ON THE 30 M. AND 47 M. LEVELS
Comment (Development): MINED PRIOR TO 1930 CHIEFLY FOR GOLD AND SILVER BEARING LEAD CARBONATE ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S. G., 1936, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 870, P. 131-132
Reference (Production): LASKY, S. G., 1936, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 870, P. 131-132.
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