The Silver King Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,839 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,839 Feet (1,475 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.22667, -111.36139
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Silver King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Green Valley District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Haught, Henry
Years: 1967 -
Owner Name: Haught, Henry
Years: 1960 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1933
Year Last Production: 1934
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: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cuprite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Workings): TWO INCLINED SHAFTS, ONE OF WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY 100 FT LONG, REACHING A DEPTH OF 70 FT. ALSO SEVERAL SHALLOW WORKINGS ON THE ADJACENT CLAIM
Comment (Geology): SEE CONWAY, 1976, FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY.
Comment (Development): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS; OTHER OPERATORS INCLUDE G. N. GREER AND W. L. HAUGHT (1935)
Comment (Location): 0.2 MILES NORTH OF ORCHARD TANK
References
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ADMR FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, SEPT. 15, 1935
Reference (Deposit): CONWAY, C. M. 1976. PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, PHD THESIS, CALIF. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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