King Ainsworth Group

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046190
MRDS ID M241030
Record type Site
Current site name King Ainsworth Group
Alternate or previous names Ainsworth, Cochise-Bullion, Oregon Group
Related records 10258364

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.18508, 31.9768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NE SIDE OF DAVIS MTN, 1 MI S OF HARRIS MTN, Utm Estimated Along Central Border Of Sections 4 & 5

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Simon(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 031E 04,05 CENTER BORDER BETWEEN (04) AND (05) Arizona

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Group
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone;Naco Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.18508, 31.9768

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Along A Zone Of Thrust Faulting, Orientation Wnw, Pinal Schist & B Olsa Quartzite Ne Of Thrust, Ne Of Mine

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR AND SPOTTY
    Strike E-W
    Dip 60-70N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone And Associated Disseminations, Faults & Fissures In Lime Stone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name California District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Schaaf, E. F.
    Home office Wilcox, Az
    First year 1962

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION INTERMITTENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT 850 FT ALONG CONTACT, DIPS 60-70N, WITH CROSSCUTS AND ST OPES. TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS 340 & 500 FT DEEP, ONE 250 FT ADIT, OPEN CUT S AND OTHER WORKINGS CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1962. LENGTH OF WORKING S ESTIMATED

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED PORTAL MINES DEVELOPMENT CO, CORONADO COPPER C O, ARIZONA CONSOLIDATED METALS, AINSWORTH COPPER CO, MANNING & NEWTON, KING COPPER CO; 60 UNPATENTED CLAIMS 1921, 67 IN 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, 1973, ABM BULL 187

  • Deposit

    ADMR FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    DALE ET AL, 1960, USBM RI 5650

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS REPORT REPRESENTS A MERGER OF ORIGINAL RECORD M241030 WITH RE CORD M030561 OF WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THRODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S
Deposit ORE ALONG SHEAR ZONES AND DISSEMINATED IN SILICATED & PYROMETAMOR PHOSED LIMESTONE ALONG A ZONE OF THRUST FAULTING. ANDESITE DIKE AND SH EAR ZONE CONTACT HAS ORIENTATION GIVEN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-83 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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