Mine detail: Lead King Mine.

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.94621, -110.34235

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Cadmium, Iron
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Fluorite, Specularite
Orebody form:	PODS, VEINS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Horquilla Limestone Pennsylvanian Limestone, Thin Shale Beds.;Pinal Schist Schist, Metavolcanics
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock
Structure:	Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults., Fault.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range.
Alteration processes:	Tactite, Jasperoid

References

MRDS	M050077
DEP	10039435
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS PP 461}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 763}{Deposit:: 1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.}{Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.}{Production:: SIMONS, 1951}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.