Silver King Mine
Silver King Mine is a quarry in Santa Cruz County, Arizona and has an elevation of 5,768 feet. Silver King Mine is situated nearby to the peak Mount Hopkins, as well as near Mount Wrightson.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States of America
- Address: AZ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory and Mount Hopkins.
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Wars, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is an American astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; it is their largest field installation outside of their main site in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is situated 1½ miles northwest of Silver King Mine.
Mount Hopkins
Peak
Photo: Wars, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Hopkins is a 8,553-foot peak of the Santa Rita Mountains range, in Santa Cruz County, southern Arizona. The peak was named after Gilbert Hopkins, who was killed nearby during the Battle of Fort Buchanan in 1865. Mount Hopkins is situated 2 miles northwest of Silver King Mine.
Mount Wrightson
Peak
Photo: Wars, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Wrightson is a 9,456-foot peak in the Santa Rita Mountains within the Coronado National Forest, in southern Arizona, United States. It was renamed from its original O'odham name: Ce:wi Duag for William Wrightson, a miner and entrepreneur in the region killed by Apaches in the 1865 Battle of Fort Buchanan. Mount Wrightson is situated 2½ miles north of Silver King Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madera Canyon.
Madera Canyon
Hamlet
Madera Canyon is a formerly populated place situated in the Santa Rita Mountains of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. It has an estimated elevation of 4,911 feet above sea level. Madera Canyon is situated 3½ miles north of Silver King Mine.
Silver King Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
31.66287° or 31° 39′ 46″ northLongitude
-110.86286° or 110° 51′ 46″ westElevation
5,768 feet (1,758 metres)Open location code
853FM47P+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 369092307OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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In Other Languages
“Silver King Mine” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Silver King Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, Arizona, Santa Cruz County)”
- Cebuano: “Silver King Mine”
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