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Silver King Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014783
MRDS ID D011721
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine
Related records 10150396

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.13394, 32.77511 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Bayard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
018S 013W 01 NE4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.13394, 32.77511
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Apollo Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Along Fault Near Quartz Diorite Sill

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1930

Mining district

District name Central District (Bayard District)

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period -1930
    Description Cp_Grade: ^15% Pb, 68 G/T Ag, 7 G/T Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 68g/mt
    Major Ore Lead Lead 15wt-pct
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 7g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • CARBONATE ORE IS ARGENTIFEROUS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 50M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 50 M. DEEP WITH A FEW HUNDRED M. OF WORKINGS ON THE 30 M. AND 47 M. LEVELS

Comments on development

  • MINED PRIOR TO 1930 CHIEFLY FOR GOLD AND SILVER BEARING LEAD CARBONATE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ALONG AND BETWEEN TWO SPLAYS OF THE NNE-TRENDING APOLLO FAULT CHIEFLY IN THE CRETACEOUS QUARTZ DIORITE SILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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