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Copper King Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, 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. Production statistics
  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 10026756
MRDS ID M000089
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Mine
Related records 10137331

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.06041, 31.89873 (WGS84)
Elevation 1059
Relative position AT TWIN BUTTES (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 018S 013E 06 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SECTION 6 .

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Analytical data

Result 8 % CU, 2 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.06041, 31.89873
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Copper King Fissure, And Several Mineralized Ne Fissures Dipping 65 Se To Vertical.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSING
    Strike WNW
    Dip 75 SW
    Length 106.68M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 68.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Commercial Mineralization Apparently Was Limited To The Marble.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Pima District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1910
    Period 1900 - 1910
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^12 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 12wt-pct
  • Year 1912
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^27 - 34 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 31wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 102.11M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED WILLIAM FOY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN, 189 , P. 134 .

  • Deposit

    WILSON, E. D., 1950 , ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS PART 1 : ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 156 , P. 50 .

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 134 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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