Mine detail: Silver King Mine

Previously called 'FortuneWhite HorseLast ChanceCaliforniaSeventy-Four'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.33036, -111.08764

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Secondary:	Gold, Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Anglesite, Argentite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Siderite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Other material:	Stromeyerite
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1877
Last production ended:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Pinal Schist;Naco Limestone
Host type:	Schist
Associated rock:	Silver King Quartz Diorite Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite,Dacite
Structure:	N-S Trending Fault Systems, Ns Trending Sediments With E Dip, Quartz Diorite Intrusion. Fault Systems Are South Of Mine
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Supergene Enrichment Near Surface, Hypogene Enrichment At Depth.

References

MRDS	M899881
DEP	10048314
Reference	{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES.}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: AZ DEPT MIN RESOURCES FILE DATA.}{Deposit:: SHORT, M.N., 1943, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SUPERIOR MINING AREA, AZ: ABM BULL. 151, P. 7, 11-13, 139-154.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L.,1912, COPPER DEPOSITS NEAR SUPERIOR, AZ: USGS BULL. 540, P. 156-158.}{Deposit:: USBM FILES.}{Deposit:: ABM BULL 140.}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: SHORT, ET AL, 1943.}
Reporter	Roth, Frances A. (Gest, Don E.), Orris, Greta J.