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Copper King Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, 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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027595
MRDS ID M003470
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Mine
Related records 10234680

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.23299, 34.56976 (WGS84)
Elevation 1173
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SW OF BAGDAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bagdad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burro(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 014N 009W 08 SW OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • 4.0 MILES SW OF LAWLER PEAK

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Covellite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Pryitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1770
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.23299, 34.56976
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N20e To N30e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation And Bedding

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N30E
    Dip 45-50NW
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 36.58M
    Width 128.02M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 128.02M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratigraphy, Igneous Activity

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS MASSIVE SULFIDE LENS IN PROTEROZOIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Discoverer William Waters
Year of first production 1917
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Old Dick District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Arizona Hillside Development
    First year 1957

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^23.27 % Zn, 2.18 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 23wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.263HA
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS ARE TIMMINS (MAIN SHAFT) AND ROSSI SHAFT. TIMMINS SHAFT IS INCLINED AT 45 DEGREES AND IS 624 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, C.A., 1955 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 156, PART 1, P. 128-134

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    U.S.G.S. BULL. 278 , P. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Dewitt, Ed H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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