The King of Lead Mine is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 6,880 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: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 32.0414, -109.30860
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King of Lead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King of Lead Mine
Secondary: Mineral Investigation of the North
Secondary: End Roadless Area.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: California District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Morrow, Taylor, Pursley
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS, PATENTED IN 1905 AND 1914. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 300-FT-LONG ADIT, A CAVED ADIT, A 35-FT-LONG ADIT, AND 2 SHORT SHAFTS. LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZED FAULTS AND DISSEMINATED MINERALS IN PERMIAN LIMESTONE, INTRUDED BY TERTIARY DIKES; IN THE APACHE PASS FAULT ZONE. ORE MINERALS CONSIST OF GALENA AND SPHALERITE, WITH SOME SECONDARY COPPER AND LEAD MINERALS. ABOUT 360 SHORT TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED 1927 AND 1970; GENERALLY HIGH LEAD AND SILVER CONTENT WITH VARYING AMOUNTS OF ZINC; LOW VALUES FOR COPPER AND GOLD. (MINE IS ENCLOSED IN THE CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT)
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN S D 1991 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 12-93 P 75
Reference (Deposit): BIGSBY P R 1983 USBM OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 1-83, 10 P
Reference (Deposit): KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINESBULL 187 P 53
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