| Deposit ID | 10027228 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002551 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | King of Arizona Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Gleason |
| Related records | 10162346 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.96745, 33.26924 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 518 |
| Relative position | SOUTH END OF THE KOF MOUNTAINS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yuma(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kofa Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yuma |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 002S | 017W | 12 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Plagioclase | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | Jurassic sedimentary and volcanic rocks |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N60W |
| Dip | 60 S |
| Thickness | 228.6M |
| Length | 670.56M |
| Width | 3.66M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1896 |
| Year of first production | 1897 |
| Year of last production | 1939 |
| Production years | 1896-1937 |
| District name | Kofa District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|---|
| Area name | Kofa National Wildlife Refuge |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Barons Gold, Inc. |
| Home office | Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
| First year | 1986 |
| Year | 1906 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1897-1906 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.23 Oz Au/Ton, 0.1 Oz Ag/Ton | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 453000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 228.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002551 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040270250 |
ELSING, M.J., HEINEMAN, R.E.S., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104.
JONES, E.L. JR., 1916, A RECONNAISSANCE IN THE KOFA MOUNTAINS ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 620, P. 156.
WILSON, E.D., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 109.
WILSON, E.D., CUNNINGHAM, J.B., BUTLER, G.M., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZ. B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 137.
NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.
SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
CIMRI
A.B.M. BULLETIN 140, P. 104; A.B.M. BULLETIN 137, P. 142. (12) KEITH, S.B., 1978
NIEMUTH, 1987.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN WIDTH INCREASES WITH DEPTH BUT WITH DECREASING VALUES. THE FOOTWALL OF THE VEIN IS GENERALLY A WELL-DEFINED SLICKEN SIDED PLANE, BUT THE HANGING WALL IS INDEFINITE. THE ORE BODY CONTAINED MANY SMALL FISSURES AND SMALL SLIP PLANES, AND MOST OF THEM ARE PARALLEL TO THE TREND OF THE ORE BODY, BUT SEVERAL LIE AT ANGLES WITH THE VEIN, GENERALLY COMING IN FROM THE HANGING-WALL SIDE, AND MAKE HORSES OF BARREN MATERIAL. ABOUT 200 FEET EAST OF THE SHAFT STRONG CROSS FISSURES FILLED WITH CALCITE APPARENTLY LIMIT THE ORE. THIS LODE OR VEIN HAS THREE WELL-MARKED DIVISIONS OR LAYERS. ON THE HANGING WALL THERE IS A SOFT LAYER FROM 3 TO 3 1/2 INCHES WIDE, WHICH AVERAGES ABOUT $800 DOLLARS PER TON IN VALUE. NEXT BELOW THIS THERE IS A MIDDLE LAYER OR ORE BODY OF QUARTZ ABOUT 20 INCHES THICK, WHICH WILL AVERAGE $190 TO $200 PER TON IN VALUE. THE REMAINDER OF THE VEIN, SO FAR AS IT IS EXPOSED BY THE SHAFT, AVERAGES ABOUT $24 PER TON. |
| Deposit | PRIMARY PRODUCTION STOPPED IN JULY 1910, BUT INTERMITTENT PRODUCTION CONTINUED THROUGH 1937. CURRENTLY USE CYANADATION MILLING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1974 | Gere, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1979 | Hall, R.K. (Creasey, S.C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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