Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Materials
Other materialsAnglesite, Argentite, Azurite, Barite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Siderite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite, Tetrahedrite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1877
Discovery year1875
Identification
Deposit ID10235032
MRDS IDM899881
Alternate namesCalifornia, Patented Claim M S 461, Patented Claim M S 462, Seventy Four, Patented Claim M S 2161, Silver King Mining Co Property, Fortuna, Last Chance, Patented Claim M S 2052, White Horse
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.33038, -111.0876
References
USGS SUPERIOR QUADADMR SILVER KING MINE FILERANSOME,F.L.,USGS 540-D,PP3-7,20-22JONES,E.L JR AND F L RANSOME,USGS BULL.710-D,P159SHORT,M N.ET AL,ABM BULL.151,P7,11-13,139-154BLM MINING DIST SHEET 608ADMR MAGMA COPPER CO FILEFARNHAM,L.L.ET AL,USBM IC7990,1961,FIG.18,P126ELSING,M.J.,AND E.S.HEINEMAN,USGS BULL.140,1939,P99GALBRAITH,FREDERIC GEOLOGY OF THE SILVER KING AREA,SUPERIOR,AZ THESIS PHD U OF A 1935ARIZONA MNG.JOUR.JULY 1,1922 P 37ADMR U FILEADMR FILESHINTON,RICHARD J 1000 OLD AZ MINES 72-73DUNNING,CHARLES H SILVER 1966 P 113-121DUNNING,CHARLES H ROCK TO RICHES 1959 P 116-118