Mine detail: Copper King Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

34.56976, -113.23299

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Silver, Copper, Gold
Ore:	Anglesite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Hemimorphite, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES
Discovery year:	1881

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1917
Last production ended:	1957

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Andesite
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Metavolcanic Rocks Trends N20e To N30e, Massive Sulfide Lenses Parallel Foliation And Bedding
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Pryitization

References

MRDS	M003470
DEP	10027595
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, C.A., 1955 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAGDAD AREA, YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 278}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 156, PART 1, P. 128-134}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Production:: U.S.G.S. BULL. 278 , P. 85}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Dewitt, Ed H.