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King Plomo Mine

Past Producer in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046266
MRDS ID M241148
Record type Site
Current site name King Plomo Mine
Related records 10136573

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.80732, 31.77457 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position APPROX. 1/4 MI. N OF COURTLAND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turquoise Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chiricahua Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Whitewater Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio De Bavispe(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sonora(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 019S 025E 16 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • S. CENTRAL SECTION 16. UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Bolsa Quartzite;Abrigo Limestone
    Rock description Bolsa Quartzite;Abrigo Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.80732, 31.77457
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Overthrust Of Bolsa Quartzite Over Paleozoic Rocks
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault Blocks.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Breccia Between Bolsa Quartzite Above And Limestone Below

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1929
Year of last production 1929

Mining district

District name Turquoise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED FRANK RAMEREZ

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 82.

  • Deposit

    ABM BULL 123, 1927

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALIZATION IN CRUSHED AND BRECCIATED LIMESTONE IN THRUST FAULT BLOCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Zigler, Jan L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Rodriguez, Ignacio (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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