The Gold King Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,849 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: 4,849 Feet (1,478 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 31.7075, -111.61222
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Gold King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Mildred Peak District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Riddle
Production
Year: 1963
Time Period: 1900 - 1963
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1 Oz Au/Ton, 12 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Pb, Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1963
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone Cutting Sediments
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SECTION 10 .
Comment (Production): WORKED PRIOR TO 1900 , IN 1933 - 1937 , AND 1963 .
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED WRIGHT ELECTRIC, MACHINES CO., GOLD KING MINING AND DEVELOPMENT CO
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, ADITS, AND PITS.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 109 .
Reference (Deposit): MEEVES, H. C., 1966 , NONPEGMATITIC BERYLLIUM OCCURRENCES IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, AND FOUR ADJACENT STATES: US BUREAU OF MINES RI-6828 , P. 59 .
Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E. D., 1934 , ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137 , P. 181 .
Reference (Production): ( 8 ) ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 109
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