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Crown King Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027875
MRDS ID M004299
Record type Site
Current site name Crown King Mine
Related records 10113813, 10162012

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.34352, 34.22449 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES N OF CROWN KING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown King(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 001W 10 E Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 0.5 OZ. AU/TON, 4 OZ. AG/TON. TAILING FROM OLD MILL CONTAINED 0.3 OZ. AU/TON, 4.5 OZ. AG/TON, 11 % ZN, 0.8 % CU, 10 % FE. ZINC PRODUCT CARRIED 43 % ZN, 10 % FE, 4.5 % CU, 15 OZ. AG/TON, 0.6 OZ. AU/TON. IRON PRODUCT CARRIED 1.5 OZ. AU/TON, 10 OZ. AG/TON, 2.5 % CU, 12 % ZN, 30 % FE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite; Crown King Granodiorite (Informal);Rhyolite Dikes
    Rock description Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite; Crown King Granodiorite (Informal);Rhyolite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.34352, 34.22449
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation Trends N25e, Vein Trends Parallel To Foliation
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Regional Foliation N20-25e

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip N
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZITE AND SCHIST. IGNEOUS ROCKS OF CRET-PALEO AGE ARE CLOSE TO DEPOSIT AND OCCUR TO SOUTH AT CROWN KING, ARIZONA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tiger District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dennis Marketic
    Home office Peoria, Az.
    First year 1986

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM ( 8 ) IS ESTIMATED FROM $ 1,100,000 PRODUCTION AT $ 20.67 PER OUNCE AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2133.6M
    Overall depth 198.12M

Comments on development

  • UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WERE BEING REHABILITATED AND EXTENDED DURING 1984-1986.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782, P. 168.

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1934, ARIZONA LODE GOLD MINES AND GOLD MINING: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 137, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936, ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140, P. 101.

  • Deposit

    NIEMUTH, N.J., 1987, ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY 29, 46 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 140 , P. 101 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGEST PRODUCTION OF THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Laraba, Peter (Dewitt, Ed) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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