Silver King Mine

Producer in Greenlee county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048275
MRDS ID M800398
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Lead Claim, Stargo Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.35121, 33.06454 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ON FLAT RIDGE BETWEEN TOWN OF STARGO AND STARGO SMELTER SITE, Used Blm District Sheets 842 And 841, Used Blm District Sheets 842 And 841

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Greenlee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 029E 22 E2 OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE LOCATION CORRDINATES DESBRIBE EASTERN MOST ADIT IN SW QUARTER OF SECTION 22; EAST SIDE OF SQUARE BUTTE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Coronado Quartzite
    Rock description Coronado Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Longfellow Limestone
    Rock description Longfellow Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.35121, 33.06454

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S Trending Fissues Cut By Short Cross-Faults; Block Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tilted Block Of Limestone Resting On Basal Quartzite And Granite; Block Is Bounded By Copper Mountain Fault To Ne And Apache Gulch (Renamed Stargo Gulch) To Sw

Ore body information

  • General form NORMAL FISSURE VEIN FILLING WITH IRREGULAR AND BLANKET LATERAL EXTENSIONS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N-S Trending Fissure Vein; Ore Is A Water Deposited Quartz

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALL VEINS ON STARGO PROPERTY ARE SIMILAR IN CHARACTER AND CONTENT; STARGO PROPERTY FISSURE SYSTEM IS LOCATED NEXT TO MORENCI QUARTZ-MONZONITE PORPHYRY AREA; SILVER KING CLAIM LIES NEAR THE CAPOTE VEIN WHICH AVERAGES 9 TO 12 FT WIDTH AND HAS BEEN OPENED FOR OVER A MILE IN LENGTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Ignacio Campbell
Year of first production 1907
Year of last production 1910

Mining district

District name Copper Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED SURFACE MINING AND ONE ADIT; PRODUCTION STATISTICS FOR SILVER KING MINE AFTER THE YEAR 1910 MIGHT BE INCLUDED WITH THOSE FOR THE STARGO MINES

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED BACON AND LANGERMAN, L. SANCHEZ, THE STARGO MINES CO (INC), STARGO SYNDICATE, STARGO SILVER BELT MINING CO, DETROIT COPPER CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BLM DISTRICT SHEETS 842 AND 841

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 43, SEE SQUARE BUTTE AND APACHE GULCH

  • Deposit

    WILLIS, C.F., 1920, MINES OF TOMORROW NO. 10-THE STARGO MINES CO INC, IN ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, VOL IV, NO 3, PAGES 34 TO 35, 52 TO 53, AUGUST 1920

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153P.

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, AZ: MS THESIS UNIV OF AZ, 153 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: STARGO MINES, CAPOTE MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit ONE OF 26 PATENTED CLAIMS OF THE STARGO MINES CO (INC); ALL CLAIMS TOTAL 520 ACRES; ONE OF 8 KNOWN VEINS ON STARGO PROPERTY OF WHICH THE STARGO VEIN IS THE MAIN DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Calder, Susan R. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Arizona resources

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