The Copper King Mine is a copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 32.26333, -111.15556
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Copper King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King Mine
Secondary: Copper King Group
Secondary: Milewide
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Amole District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
Not available
Production
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1917 - 1943
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^6 % Cu, 0.5 Oz Au/Ton, Trace Of Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Much Local Faulting And Fracturing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SECTION 30 . SAGUARO NATIONAL MONUMENT WEST.
Comment (Production): MAINLY ACTIVE DURING 1917 - 1918 , AND 1943 .
Comment (Workings): INCLINE SHAFT AND WORKINGS
Comment (Geology): DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL ON DUMP. SOME SKARN HAS CONSIDERABLE CHALCOPYRITE, AND LOCALLY HAS COARSE CALCITE VEINS WITH A BROWN COATING. ALSO IS MUCH MASSIVE PYRITE: SOME IS IN SKARN AND SOME IS IN WALLROCK, MOSTLY UNOXIDIZED. SKARN ZONE 3 - 4 M WIDE VISIBLE IN CUT BEHIND (NW OF) SHAFT. LARGE LIMESTONE BLOCK (4M+) IN CONTACT WITH HORNFELS ALSO EXPOSED TO NW OF SHAFT BEHIND HOIST FOUNDATION-PROBABLY BEDDING CONTACT.
References
Reference (Deposit): ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAMINATION, UNPUBLISHED.
Reference (Production): ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 84 .
Reference (Deposit): KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 84 .
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