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Silver King Mine

Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109883
MRDS ID M899892
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine
Alternate or previous names Vaughan Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.23181, 33.16648 (WGS84)
Elevation 779
Relative position .6 MILES SE OF MINERAL MOUNTAIN (ELV. 3351).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pinal(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Mountain(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

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 Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 003S 011E 16 NW OF SW OF SW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pinal Schist
    Rock description Pinal Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.23181, 33.16648
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N And Nw Trending Faults, Nw Trending Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw Trending Fissure Vein, Sw Dip

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINIERALIZATION AGE PROBABLY SAME AS TERT INTRUSIONS IN AREA, INCLUDING TERT INTRUSIVE RHYOLITE 100 M S OF MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1949
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Mineral Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineral Mountain Mining And Milling Co., Valle View Mining
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. V. Vaughan
    First year 1939
    Last year 1946

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS PRESENT, 1 60-75 FT DEEP, THE OTHER ABOUT 20 FT DEEP. ONLY ONE TUNNEL BETWEEN 80 AND 100 FT LONG. VARIOUS SHALLOW WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM-ABGMT PRODUCTION FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA.

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 78-468,1978

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIOUS VEINS IN SCHIST, VARY IN WIDTH FROM 1 TO 8 FEET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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