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Silver King

Past Producer in Pinal county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10235032
MRDS ID M899881
MAS/MILS ID 0040210760
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King
Alternate or previous names Patented Claim M S 2052, White Horse, Patented Claim M S 461, Patented Claim M S 462, Patented Claim M S 2161, Silver King Mining Co Property, Fortuna, Last Chance, California, Seventy Four
Related records 10048314

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.0876, 33.33038 (WGS84)
Elevation 1109
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pinal

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 001 S 012 E 24 S2NW Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Argentite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Bornite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Covellite Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Stromeyerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.0876, 33.33038
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 301M
    Length 40M
    Width 40M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 911002

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1877

Mining district

District name Pioneer

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dick Lobb And Grace Middleton
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1982
  • Type Operator
    Owner Reynolds, John
    Year 1987

Production statistics

  • Year 1889
    Period 1875-1889
    Description 1875-1889 5943000 Tr Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 184847987.58g
  • Year 1928
    Period 1918-1928
    Description 1918-1928 232764 Tr Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 7239770.65g

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS SUPERIOR QUAD

  • Deposit

    ADMR SILVER KING MINE FILE

  • Deposit

    RANSOME,F.L.,USGS 540-D,PP3-7,20-22

  • Deposit

    JONES,E.L JR AND F L RANSOME,USGS BULL.710-D,P159

  • Deposit

    SHORT,M N.ET AL,ABM BULL.151,P7,11-13,139-154

  • Deposit

    BLM MINING DIST SHEET 608

  • Deposit

    ADMR MAGMA COPPER CO FILE

  • Deposit

    FARNHAM,L.L.ET AL,USBM IC7990,1961,FIG.18,P126

  • Deposit

    ELSING,M.J.,AND E.S.HEINEMAN,USGS BULL.140,1939,P99

  • Deposit

    GALBRAITH,FREDERIC GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER KING AREA,SUPERIOR,

  • Deposit

    AZ THESIS PHD U OF A 1935

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA MNG.JOUR.JULY 1,1922 P 37

  • Deposit

    ADMR U FILE

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILES

  • Deposit

    HINTON,RICHARD J 1000 OLD AZ MINES 72-73

  • Deposit

    DUNNING,CHARLES H SILVER 1966 P 113-121

  • Deposit

    DUNNING,CHARLES H ROCK TO RICHES 1959 P 116-118

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-91 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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