The Silver King Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,839 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: 4,839 Feet (1,475 Meters)
Primary Mineral: Copper
Lat, Long: 34.22667, -111.36139
Silver King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King MineCommodity
Primary: CopperSecondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: ArizonaCounty: Gila
District: Green Valley District
Land Status
Holdings
Workings
Type: Surface/UndergroundOwnership
Owner Name: Haught, Henry
Years: 1967 -
Years: 1967 -
Owner Name: Haught, Henry
Years: 1960 -
Years: 1960 -
Production
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1933
Year Last Production: 1934
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1933
Year Last Production: 1934
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane PlateausPhysiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Orebody
Form: LENTICULARStructure
Alterations
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cuprite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment Type: Workings |
Comment: TWO INCLINED SHAFTS, ONE OF WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY 100 FT LONG, REACHING A DEPTH OF 70 FT. ALSO SEVERAL SHALLOW WORKINGS ON THE ADJACENT CLAIM |
Comment Type: Geology |
Comment: SEE CONWAY, 1976, FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY. |
Comment Type: Development |
Comment: PROPERTY CONSISTS OF TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS; OTHER OPERATORS INCLUDE G. N. GREER AND W. L. HAUGHT (1935) |
Comment Type: Location |
Comment: 0.2 MILES NORTH OF ORCHARD TANK |
References
Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: ADMR FILE DATA
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: MINING JOURNAL, SEPT. 15, 1935
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Reference Category: Deposit
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Reference: CONWAY, C. M. 1976. PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY, ARIZONA, PHD THESIS, CALIF. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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