| Deposit ID | 10048128 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M800158 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper King Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Solid Copper, Copper Bullion |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.33009, 33.11454 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1646 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | 1.5 MILES EAST OF METCALF., Used Lindgren (1905)-On Copper King Vein On Geological Map |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Greenlee(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clifton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
San Francisco(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Greenlee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 004S | 029E | 02 | SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Orthoclase | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Morenci Granite Porphyry | ||||||||
| Rock description | Morenci Granite Porphyry | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| (1) | Proterozoic granitic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne Trending Granite Porphyry Dikes |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Block Faulting; Prominent Fault Trending Ne On Se Side Of Copper King Mountain |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | 70 TO 76 NW |
| Length | 121.92M |
| Width | 2.44M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | New England Mining Co. |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| Year of last production | 1910 |
| District name | Copper Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1066.8M |
| Overall depth | 243.84M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800158 |
AGBMT-USBM FILE DATA.
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.
BLM DISTRICT MAP 839.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ABOVE DESCRIBES THE WEST SHOOT; NORTH SHOOT IS UNDEVELOPED. 2 PATENTED CLAIMS LISTED UNDER THE NAMES SOLID COPPER AND COPPER BULLION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-81 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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