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Crown King & Tiger Mine Groups

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026759
MRDS ID M000103
Record type Site
Current site name Crown King & Tiger Mine Groups
Alternate or previous names Sneider Group, Esperanza Mine Group Old, Snyder
Related records 10113154

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.10652, 31.86262 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Relative position 4 MILES SW OF TWIN BUTTES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Esperanza Mill(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 012E 16,21,15 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • S CENTER SECTION 16, N CENTER SECTION 21, W CENTER SECTION 15.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Partly Oxidized, Locally Kaolinized & Sericitized, Slightly Silicified

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.10652, 31.86262
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Along Faults And Fractures In Sedimentary - Volcanic Formations.

Comments on the geologic information

  • CRETACEOUS ROCKS ARE ARKOSE, QUARTZITE, CONGLOMERATE, SHALE, RHYOLITE, QUARTZITE, GRAYWACKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pima District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Period 1900 - 1917
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7 % Pb, 4 % Cu, 13 Oz. Ag/Ton, Minor Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 367g/mt
    Minor Ore Copper Copper 4wt-pct
    Major Ore Lead Lead 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM EARLY 1900'S TO 1917.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SMALL SHAFTS AND PITS.

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY PROSPECTED IN SPANISH COLONIAL TIMES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J.R., 1960, SOME GEOLOGIC FEATURES OF THE PIMA MINING DISTRICT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: USGS BULLETIN 1112-C.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 134 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARTLY OXIDIZED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey MINE NO LONGER ON ACTIVE LIST.
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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