The King of Lead Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,959 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,959 Feet (2,121 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 32.04139, -109.30889
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King of Lead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King of Lead Mine
Secondary: Sheba
Secondary: Windes
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California 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: Windes, Peter
Years: 1975 -
Owner Name: Tamco Mining And Milling Co., 1974
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
Year Last Production: 1970
Discovery Year: 1900
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bisbee Group And Glance Conglomerate S And W Of Mine, Dipping S To Sw
Type: L
Description: Thrust Block Bounded On Nw Side By Ne Trending Normal Fault-Directly Nw Of Mine
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BUNCHES AND STRINGERS OF HIGH GRADE GALENA RICH ORE, AND DISSENENATED ORE IN FAULTS AND LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): MAIN TUNNELS, ONE 400 FT, ONE 185 FT. LENGTH OF WORKINGS ESTIMATED. SHORT TUNNEL RUNS CLOSE TO E-W, ALONG CONTACT. OTHER LOWER TUNNEL FOUND LITTLE ORE UNTIL SOME RAISES WERE MADE NEAR CONTACT
Comment (Geology): ONE REPORT CALLS VOLCANIC ROCK RHYOLITE, ANOTHER "PORPHYRY". VOLCANIC ROCK NOT MAPPED BY SABINS, AND ITS AGE IS UNCERTAIN.
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD D002875 OF J.W. HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): 0.5 MILE N OF CHIRICAHAU NATIONAL MONUMENT BOUNDARY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)
Comment (Production): MINED INTERMITTENTLY 1923-1940.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED R. MORROW, R.H. PURSLEY, M.C. PHILLIPS, TAYLOR
References
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187, P. 53.
Reference (Deposit): GEOL SOC AMER BULL, V. 68, P. 1315.
Reference (Deposit): ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): ARIZ DEPT OF MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): DREWES, HARALD, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1977-1980.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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