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Silver King

Past Producer in La Paz county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Strontium, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102455
MRDS ID M002449
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King
Related records 10258815

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.58218, 33.10507 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position JUST EAST OF THE PRINCESS MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Paz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picacho(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona La Paz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 004S 023W 01 N OF CENTER Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FE ALSO PRESENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Hematite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified & Carbonatized, Metamorphosed Volcanics

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.58218, 33.10507
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 100 Ft Wide Brecciated Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES
    Strike NW
    Dip 40NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Occurs Along A Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. P. Huss
    First year 1933

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Period 1923-1948
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^27% Pb, 9 Oz Ag/Ton, Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 254g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 27wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT AND A FEW SHORT TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE JONES, GERONIMO MINING CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E.D., 1933, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA; ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1978, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN YUMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 192, P. 178.

  • Deposit

    PARKER, 1966, SAN DIEGO STATE COLLEGE MASTERS THESIS.

  • Deposit

    ABGMT FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Production

    A.B.M. BULLETIN 134, P. 64, ABM BULLETIN 189, P. 178.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS VARIOUSLY REPORTED AS IN THE GRANITE OR IN A BRECCIATED ZONE IN THE ANDESITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Hall, R. K. (Creasey, S. C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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