Mine detail: Silver King Mine

Previously called 'Silver Lead ClaimStargo Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.06454, -109.35121

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Gold, Silver
Orebody form:	NORMAL FISSURE VEIN FILLING WITH IRREGULAR AND BLANKET LATERAL EXTENSIONS
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1907
Last production ended:	1910

Geology

Host rock:	Longfellow Limestone
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Coronado Quartzite
Associated type:	Quartzite
Structure:	N-S Trending Fissues Cut By Short Cross-Faults; Block Faulting, Tilted Block Of Limestone Resting On Basal Quartzite And Granite; Block Is Bounded By Copper Mountain Fault To Ne And Apache Gulch (Renamed Stargo Gulch) To Sw
Tectonic:	Fault Block South Of Morenci; Precipitous Gully Terrain
Alteration processes:	Minor

References

MRDS	M800398
DEP	10048275
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}{Deposit:: BLM DISTRICT SHEETS 842 AND 841}{Deposit:: USGS PP 43, SEE SQUARE BUTTE AND APACHE GULCH}{Deposit:: WILLIS, C.F., 1920, MINES OF TOMORROW NO. 10-THE STARGO MINES CO INC, IN ARIZONA MINING JOURNAL, VOL IV, NO 3, PAGES 34 TO 35, 52 TO 53, AUGUST 1920}{Deposit:: BENNETT, K.C., 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, ARIZONA: M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 153P.}{Deposit:: BENNETT, 1975, GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE BRECCIAS IN THE MORENCI-METCALF DISTRICT, GREENLEE COUNTY, AZ: MS THESIS UNIV OF AZ, 153 P.}
Reporter	Calder, Susan R.