| Deposit ID | 10013461 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009762 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | King Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | King 400 Mine, King Gold Mine, Gold King Group: Claim Patented In 1892, King 400: Unpatented Claims, King Gold, Marylu, Lanny, Fraction, Gold Howard, Captain Henry, Golden Eagle |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.43562, 31.91625 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1494 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 60.5 MILES S 09 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Playas Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 027S | 016W | 36 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | U-Bar Formation |
| Rock description | U-Bar Formation |
| (1) | -108.43562, 31.91625 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1877 |
| Discoverer | A.N. King And A.H. Butterfield |
| Year of first production | 1878 |
| Year of last production | 1941 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Carl Wilder |
| Home office | Hachita, N.M. |
| First year | 1941 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fitch, A. J. And Fowles, Maude J. |
| Home office | Hachita, N.M. |
| First year | 1940 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 457.2M |
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009762 |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 335-336
LASKY, S.G., 1938 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 33, NO 4, P. 365-389
LASKY, S.G., 1947 USGS PP 208, P. 89-90
ZELLER, R.A., JR., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 96, P. 19-22, PLATE 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
ACCURATE PRODUCTION FROM AGGREGATED USBM RECORDS. ESTIMATED PRODUCTION FROM USGS PP 68, P. 336.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 238 AND SEVEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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