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King Kelly Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108988
MRDS ID M001145
Record type Site
Current site name King Kelly Mine
Alternate or previous names Monte Cristo
Related records 10186064

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.42324, 34.46838 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1 MILE SE OF GROOM CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groom Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hassayampa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 002W 25,36 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS VERY NEAR EMPIRE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Green Gulch Volcanics
    Rock description Green Gulch Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1760
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.42324, 34.46838
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N10e To N20e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Foliation And Crosscut It By 10-20 Deg, Trending N20e To N-S

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 15 W
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting, Igneous Activity, Especially Dike Enplacement

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS QUARTZ VEIN WHICH CUTS PROTEROZOIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Groom Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. G. Chapman
  • Type Owner
    Owner Momell
    First year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS: 1880'S, 1902 - 1905 , 1920 - 1927 .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINAL WORKINGS INCLUDED A TUNNEL AND LATER A SHAFT NEAR THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 113

  • Deposit

    ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 102

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA

  • Production

    ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 102

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

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-FEB-1982 Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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