King of Lead Mine

The King of Lead Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,959 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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