A group of two Cu-Ag-Au-Fe claims (Copper King No. 1 & Copper King No. 2) located in sec. 9, T3S, R17E, on the East side of Dick Spring Canyon, about 3 miles South of Tincup Spring, and about 5¾ miles W of the town of Coolidge Dam, southern Hayes Mountains. Started 1919. Relocated and reopened 1927. Initially discovered by Frank Cain, A.H. Gibson & J.C. Ginson. Relocated by Pollard K. & Wylomene Pearson as part of the Wylomene group of claims. NOTE: Alternate coordinates provided: 33.3278N, 110.8917W.
Mineralization is copper minerals in 2 northeast-striking fissures cutting diabase. The ore zone is 0.2 meters wide, strikes N70E and dips 85NW. Faults and fissures, trending E and NE, cut the Precambrian and Paleozoic rocks.
Workings include a pit, 2 adits and 2 shallow shafts to a depth of 18.29 meters.
Assay data: Sorted ore assayed 0.02 oz. Au and 0.9 oz. Ag to the ton, and 8.62% Cu.
References
Bromfield, C.S. & Shride (1956), Mineral resources of the San Carlos Indian Reservation, Arizona, USGS Bull. 1027-N: 630, 631-632.
USGS Coolidge Dam Quadrangle map.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Mining District Sheet 730.
Arizona Department of Mineral Resources U file.
MRDS database Dep. ID #10026834, MRDS ID #M000458; and Dep. ID 10233977, MAS ID #0040070698; and Dep. ID #10258195, MAS ID #0040070262.
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