Mine detail: Lead King Mine.

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Location: Graham County, Arizona, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.94621, -110.34235
dep_id: 10039435
mrds_id: M050077
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Zinc, Silver
Minor mineral: Lead, Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Cadmium, Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Fluorite, Specularite
orebody_fm: PODS, VEINS
alteration: Tactite, Jasperoid
conc_proc: Replacement, Fissure Filling.
ore_ctrl: Fault Between Limestone And Schist.
Reporter: Bergquist, Joel R.
hrock_unit: Horquilla Limestone Pennsylvanian Limestone, Thin Shale Beds.;Pinal Schist Schist, Metavolcanics
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone
arock_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.
References:
  • 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
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