The Silver King Mine is a lead mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 2,556 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: 2,556 Feet (779 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 33.16639, -111.23111
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Silver King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Mine
Secondary: Vaughan Property
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Mineral Mountain 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. V. Vaughan
Years: 1939 - 1946
Owner Name: Mineral Mountain Mining And Milling Co., Valle View Mining
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1949
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: N And Nw Trending Faults, Nw Trending Fissures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Development): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): MINIERALIZATION AGE PROBABLY SAME AS TERT INTRUSIONS IN AREA, INCLUDING TERT INTRUSIVE RHYOLITE 100 M S OF MINE
Comment (Deposit): SILICIOUS VEINS IN SCHIST, VARY IN WIDTH FROM 1 TO 8 FEET
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS PRESENT, 1 60-75 FT DEEP, THE OTHER ABOUT 20 FT DEEP. ONLY ONE TUNNEL BETWEEN 80 AND 100 FT LONG. VARIOUS SHALLOW WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-468,1978
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