Mine detail: Copper King Mine

Previously called 'Copper BullionSolid Copper'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.11454, -109.33009

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Chalcocite, Pyrite
Gangue: Orthoclase, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1906
Last production ended: 1910

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Morenci Granite Porphyry
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Ne Trending Granite Porphyry Dikes, Block Faulting; Prominent Fault Trending Ne On Se Side Of Copper King Mountain
Tectonic:Copper King Mountain; Transition Between Basin And Range And Colorado Plateau Provinces
Alteration processes:Oxidation To 300 Ft Depth

References

MRDSM800158
DEP10048128
Reference{Deposit:: AGBMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1905, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE CLIFTON-MORENCI DISTRICT, ARIZONA, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 43.}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILE.}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT MAP 839.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
ReporterCalder, Susan R.