The Crown King & Tiger Mine Groups is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,750 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
Elevation: 3,750 Feet (1,143 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 31.8625, -111.10583
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Crown King & Tiger Mine Groups MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crown King & Tiger Mine Groups
Secondary: Sneider Group
Secondary: Esperanza Mine Group Old
Secondary: Snyder
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1900 - 1917
Description: Cp_Grade: ^7 % Pb, 4 % Cu, 13 Oz. Ag/Ton, Minor Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partly Oxidized, Locally Kaolinized & Sericitized, Slightly Silicified
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM EARLY 1900'S TO 1917.
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED IN SPANISH COLONIAL TIMES
Comment (Deposit): PARTLY OXIDIZED.
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS SMALL SHAFTS AND PITS.
Comment (Geology): CRETACEOUS ROCKS ARE ARKOSE, QUARTZITE, CONGLOMERATE, SHALE, RHYOLITE, QUARTZITE, GRAYWACKE.
Comment (Location): S CENTER SECTION 16, N CENTER SECTION 21, W CENTER SECTION 15.
References
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S.B., 1974, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189, P. 134.
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 134 .
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R., 1960, SOME GEOLOGIC FEATURES OF THE PIMA MINING DISTRICT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1112-C.
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