| Deposit ID | 10283221 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050049 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0040190276 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | King-Exile Mine Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims., Broad Top, and Malachite Patented, King-Exile Group Included King,, Exile, Blue Point, Aceola, Amole,, Cuprite, Bonnie Blue, Vulture,, Coronado Nf, Part 12, Santa Rita Mt, Unit, Az, Usbm Ofr Mla 11-94. |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.75898, 31.85573 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1737 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Helvetia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rillito(hydrologic unit)
Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Coronado National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 018 S | 015 E | 24 | SENE | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Main Entrance (1) | -110.75898, 31.85573 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Helvetia-Rosemont District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Allison Steel Co |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Chilson |
| Year | 1959 |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| Home office | Arizona |
| Year | 1992 |
| First year | 1988 |
| Year | 1959 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1900-1959 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | 1900-1959 Avg 6% Cu, 1 Oz/T Ag, +Zn & Pb 55000 Tons | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040190276 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050049 | MAS references MRDS |
S B KEITH ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 189 P126 1974
USGS SAHUARITA QUADRANGLE
US AEC PRR PIMA COUNTY 1955 P 644
F C SCHRADER, 1915, USGS BULL 582, P. 119.
CREASEY AND QUICK, 1955, USGS BULL 1027F, P. 312.
F A MICHEL, JR, 1959, GEOL OF THE KING MINE, UNIV OF ARIZ
MS THESIS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDED IN THIS GROUP ARE PART OF THE HELVETIA PROPERTY OWNED BY ASARCO (1992). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 07-OCT-1994 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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