Silver King Mine

The Silver King Mine is a copper mine located in Gila county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,839 feet.

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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

Name: Silver King Mine

State: Arizona

County: Gila

Elevation: 4,839 Feet (1,475 Meters)

Primary Mineral: Copper

Lat, Long: 34.22667, -111.36139

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Silver King Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver King Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Arizona
County: Gila
District: Green Valley District

Land Status

Holdings

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Haught, Henry
Years: 1967 -

Owner Name: Haught, Henry
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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR

Structure

Alterations

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
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	Reference: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: ADMR FILE DATA
Reference Category: Deposit	Reference: MINING JOURNAL, SEPT. 15, 1935
Reference Category: Deposit	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