| Deposit ID | 10048314 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M899881 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver King Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Fortune, White Horse, Last Chance, California, Seventy-Four |
| Related records | 10235032 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.08764, 33.33036 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1109 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1 MILE WEST OF KINGS CROWN PEAK , ABOUT 3 MI N OF SUPERIOR. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pinal(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Superior(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mesa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Gila(hydrologic unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Tonto National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pinal |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 001S | 012E | 24 | S2 OF NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Argentite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Siderite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Stromeyerite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite |
| Rock unit name | Silver King Quartz Diorite Porphyry |
| Rock description | Silver King Quartz Diorite Porphyry |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| Rock unit name | Pinal Schist;Naco Limestone |
| Rock description | Pinal Schist;Naco Limestone |
| (1) | -111.08764, 33.33036 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N-S Trending Fault Systems, Ns Trending Sediments With E Dip |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Quartz Diorite Intrusion. Fault Systems Are South Of Mine |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70 DEG W |
| Thickness | 300.84M |
| Length | 39.62M |
| Width | 39.62M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 300.84M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Discoverer | Mason, Reagan, Long, Copeland |
| Year of first production | 1877 |
| Year of last production | 1955 |
| District name | Pioneer District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Reynolds, John |
| First year | 1987 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Dick Lobb And Grace Middleton |
| First year | 1982 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Overall depth | 300.84M |
| Overall length | 213.36M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M899881 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040210760 |
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.
ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.
AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA.
SHORT, M.N., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUPERIOR MINING AREA, AZ: ABM BULL. 151, P. 7, 11-13, 139-154.
RANSOME, F.L.,1912, COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR SUPERIOR, AZ: USGS BULL. 540, P. 156-158.
USBM FILES.
ABM BULL 140.
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
SHORT, ET AL, 1943.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINLETS INTERLACED IN QUARTZ DIORITE PORPHYRY AND PINAL SCHIST. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1982 | Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.) | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1994 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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