Mine detail: Silver King Mine

Previously called 'Big Gulch'

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Location

Lat / long:

31.14545, -105.52775

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum
Ore:	Sphalerite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Calcite, Jasper, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Bluff Formation
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Hornfels,Marble,Limestone,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:	Intrusive And Extrusive Rocks
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of Limestone With Pyrite; Epidote In Limestone Along Magnetite Vein

References

MRDS	W701294
DEP	10085667
Reference	{Deposit:: PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.