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Lead King Mine.

Past Producer in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Cadmium, Iron
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039435
MRDS ID M050077
Record type Site
Current site name Lead King Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.34235, 32.94621 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position IN BOTTOM OF STOWE GULCH ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH TULE CANYON.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 006S 020E 06 NE OF NE OF NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AVERAGE ASSAY IS 7.7 PCT ZN. 0.7 PCT PB, 0.8 OZ AG PER TON, 0.2 PCT CADMIUM.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Tactite, Jasperoid

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone Pennsylvanian Limestone, Thin Shale Beds.;Pinal Schist Schist, Metavolcanics
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone Pennsylvanian Limestone, Thin Shale Beds.;Pinal Schist Schist, Metavolcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.34235, 32.94621
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Nnw Trending Faults.
Local Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, VEINS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Between Limestone And Schist.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LENS OF HORQUILLA LIMESTONE FAULTED AGAINST PINAL SCHIST AND INTRUDED BY DIKES OF PORPHYRITIC SILICIC ROCK AND BY IRREGULAR MASS OF ANDESITE. LIMESTONE HIGHLY ALTERED AND FRACTURED. MINERALIZATION IS IN PODS AND VEINLETS.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery method Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name Aravaipa District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Herb Hatter
    Home office Klondyke, Az.

Comments on the production information

  • COMBINED WITH BEN HUR ( 1952 )

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW WINZE AND SHORT ADIT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M050077
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0040090191

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 461

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 763

  • Deposit

    1925 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P. BULL. 763.

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461.

  • Production

    SIMONS, 1951

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey