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Copper King Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104050
MRDS ID M241021
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Mine
Related records 10112953

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.06927, 32.10206 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position SE EDGE OF JOHNSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 015S 022E 26 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • E CENTRAL SEC 26, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 53
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Escabrosa Limestone
    Rock description Escabrosa Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.06927, 32.10206
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Massive Fracture System, Tert Block Faulting,Tilting Ne ; Reg.Trends: Lens
Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Replacement Beds Near Ne Trending Faults And Folds, Beds Strike Nw, Dip 40 Ne

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cochise District, Johnson Camp Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arizona United Mining Co.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cobriza Mines Development Co.
  • Type Operator
    Owner Coronado Copper And Zinc Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 50 TONS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1905.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND ADIT WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • OPERATORS INCLUDED ALFRED F. BROSS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S B, 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P 56.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375

  • Production

    KEITH, 1973, ARIZ BUR OF MINES BULL 187.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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