Mine detail: King Kelly Mine

Previously called 'Monte Cristo'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.46838, -112.42324

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Gold, Copper
Ore:	Galena
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Other material:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1904
Last production ended:	1942

Geology

Host rock:	Green Gulch Volcanics
Host type:	Slate,Meta-Basalt,Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure:	Foliation In Precambrian Rocks Trends N10e To N20e, Veins Parallel Foliation And Crosscut It By 10-20 Deg, Trending N20e To N-S
Alteration processes:	Minor

References

MRDS	M001145
DEP	10108988
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, 1926, USGS BULL 782, P. 113}{Deposit:: ELSING, M.J. AND HEINEMAN, R.E., 1936 , ARIZONA METAL PRODUCTION: ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 140 , P. 102}{Deposit:: ARIZONA DEPT OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA}{Deposit:: ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES}{Deposit:: ABGMT-USBM FILE DATA}
Reporter	Gere, W., Johnson, Kris H. (Creasey, S.C.), Roth, Frances A. (Dewitt, Ed)