The Kings Canyon is a copper mine located in Jackson county, Colorado.
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Kings Canyon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kings Canyon
Secondary: Pinkham Canyon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jackson
District: eastern Northgate district
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1994
Time Period: commulative production to 1994
Material type: produced 250 g silver and 720 kg copper. No tonnage of ore or grade are given.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: pegmatite
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MOS2 1 TO 10%
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): SMALL PRODUCTION FROM QUARTZ LENS IN GNEISS. PYRITE, MALACHITE CHRYSOCOLLA, FLUORITE, BORNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, MOLYBDENITE.
Comment (Production): Produced at least 250 g Ag and 720 kg Cu.
Comment (Workings): A CAVED AND OPEN ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): Neubert, J.W., and Dersch, J.S., 1994, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF ROUTT NATIONAL FOREST, COLORADO: USBM MLA 13-94, 64 p., 6 appendices.
Pages: fis. 42, 43, p. 37, samples 334-341.
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T., 1960, GEOL. AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS, NORTH GATE DISTRICT, COLO.: USGS BULL. 1082-F, p. 323-422.
Pages: p. 387.
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