Silver Knight

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186205
MRDS ID D002909
MAS/MILS ID 0040251765
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Knight
Alternate or previous names Blue Sky Mining Co, Baird Group
Related records 10009745

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.52715, 34.46585 (WGS84)
Elevation 1828
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilhoit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013 N 003 W 36 SWNENW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.52715, 34.46585

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Knight Bros.
    Home office Indiana
    Year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY WAS MOSTLY IN SEC 25

  • Deposit

    USGS WILHOIT QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR SILVER KNIGHT FILE

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAI MAGAZINE JUNE 1921 P 10

  • Deposit

    USAEC PRELIM RECON REPORT YAVAPAI CTY FILE A-98 1956 P 20

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-DEC-96 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.