| 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: | -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 |
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 | 22 | E2 OF SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Coronado Quartzite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Coronado Quartzite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Longfellow Limestone |
| Rock description | Longfellow Limestone |
| (1) | -109.35121, 33.06454 |
|---|
| 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 |
| General form | NORMAL FISSURE VEIN FILLING WITH IRREGULAR AND BLANKET LATERAL EXTENSIONS |
|---|
| 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 |
| District name | Copper Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Phelps Dodge Corp., Morenci Branch |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800398 |
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA
BLM DISTRICT SHEETS 842 AND 841
USGS PP 43, SEE SQUARE BUTTE AND APACHE GULCH
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
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.
BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, AZ: MS THESIS UNIV OF AZ, 153 P.
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-81 | Calder, Susan R. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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