| Deposit ID | 10162346 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M002551 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0040270250 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | King of Arizona Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Gleason |
| Related records | 10027228 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.96518, 33.27037 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 561 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yuma(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kofa Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Little Horn Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Phoenix(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Gila(hydrologic unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yuma |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 002 S | 017 W | 12 | C | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Plagioclase | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | Jurassic sedimentary and volcanic rocks |
|---|
| Thickness | 229M | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 3.7M | ||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1896 |
| Year of first production | 1897 |
| District name | Kofa District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kofa Mining Syndicate |
| Year | 1967 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Barons Gold, Inc. |
| Year | 1987 |
| Year | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1896-1937 |
| Description | 1896-1937. Grades Given In Comments. 739300 St Ore |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040270250 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M002551 | MAS references MRDS |
NIEMUTH, N.J. ARIZONA MINERAL DEVELOPMENT 1984-1986. AZ
DEP. MINES AND MINER. RESOUR., REP. D-29(87), 1987, 46 PP.
KEITH S B 1978 ARIZ BUR GEOL AND MIN TECH BULL 192 P 155
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN WIDTH INCREASES AND GRADE DECREASES WITH DEPTH. AT A DEPTH OF 750 FT, THE VEIN IS 80 FT WIDE, BUT WAS REPORTED TO CONTAIN ONLY $3.00 IN COMBINED GOLD AND SILVER VALUES WITH A 58:1 RATIO OF GOLD VALUE TO SILVER VALUE. BECAUSE, IN ABOUT 1910, THE PRICES OF GOLD AND SILVER WERE $20.67/TR OZ AND $0.54/TR OZ, RESPECTIVELY, THE ORE GRADES CAN BE CALCULATED AS ABOUT 0.14 TR OZ/ST AU AND ABOUT 0.09 TR OZ/ST AG. AT THESE GRADES, THE "LARGE TONNAGES" REFERRED TO BY WILSON, CUNNINGHAM, AND BUTLER CERTAINLY CONSTITUTE A SIGNIFICANT RESOURCE. ACCORDING TO NIEMUTH, CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGITATION LEACH FACILITY AND PRODUCTION FROM TAILINGS BEGAN IN LATE 1986. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-JAN-1997 | Admr | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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