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Copper King Mine

Producer in Pima county in Arizona, United States with commodities 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039679
MRDS ID M050638
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper King Group, Milewide
Related records 10234905

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.15625, 32.26344 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 10 MILES NW OF TUCSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avra(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver Bell Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brawley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Pima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013S 012E 30,31 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SECTION 30 . SAGUARO NATIONAL MONUMENT WEST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.15625, 32.26344
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Much Local Faulting And Fracturing

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Controlled By Fracture Intersections In Limestone Lenses Within Arkose.

Comments on the geologic information

  • DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL ON DUMP. SOME SKARN HAS CONSIDERABLE CHALCOPYRITE, AND LOCALLY HAS COARSE CALCITE VEINS WITH A BROWN COATING. ALSO IS MUCH MASSIVE PYRITE: SOME IS IN SKARN AND SOME IS IN WALLROCK, MOSTLY UNOXIDIZED. SKARN ZONE 3 - 4 M WIDE VISIBLE IN CUT BEHIND (NW OF) SHAFT. LARGE LIMESTONE BLOCK (4M+) IN CONTACT WITH HORNFELS ALSO EXPOSED TO NW OF SHAFT BEHIND HOIST FOUNDATION-PROBABLY BEDDING CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amole District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1917 - 1943
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6 % Cu, 0.5 Oz Au/Ton, Trace Of Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 14g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 6wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MAINLY ACTIVE DURING 1917 - 1918 , AND 1943 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT AND WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S. B., 1974 , INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 189 , P. 84 .

  • Deposit

    ASHLEY, R. P., 1974 , FIELD EXAMINATION, UNPUBLISHED.

  • Production

    ABM BULLETIN 189 , P. 84 .

Reporter information

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

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