Copper King Mine

The Copper King Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Park county, Montana at an elevation of 9,879 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper King Mine
Secondary: Copper King Mining
Secondary: Milling
Secondary: And Development Co

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Montana
County: Park
District: New World District (Goose Lake)

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Kerr-Mcgee
Years: 1971 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Potassic

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.34 PPM, TR AU
Analytical Data: 0.89, 36.4 PPM PD
Analytical Data: PT=0.5-10 PPM, PD=0.15-3 PPM, RH=0.04 PPM (PAGE AND OTHERS). AG=98 PPB, CU= 20%, PT=3.43 PPM (HIGH GRADE ORE, LOVERING). 2 RANDOM GRAB SAMPLES OF STOCKPILE: 1.03, 44.6 PPM PT
Analytical Data: 6.8%, 3.2% CU (SIMONS AND OTHERS). WEIGHTED AVERAGE: 0.31% CU, 4.1 PPM AU, 8.9 PPM AG (SIMONS AND OTHERS). (ALL OZ/TON VALUES CONVERTED TO PPM)
Analytical Data: 38, 103 PPM AG

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Albite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSIT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SYENITE STOCK. SOME ORE OCCURS IN A BRECCIA ZONE AND SEGREGATION VEINS; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: SYENITE-HOSTED CU-AG-PGE.

Comment (Workings): 2 SMALL SHAFTS AND OPEN CUT

Comment (Geology): HORNBLENDE GABBRO DIKE IS 60-100 FT WIDE. SCHIST AND GNEISS ARE ALSO PRESENT

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST, ABSAROKA-BEARTOOTH WILDERNESS

Comment (Production): LITTLE ORE WAS SHIPPED

Comment (Development): KENNECOTT SUBSIDIARY BEAR CREEK MINING DROPPED THE DEPOSIT IN 1960

References

Reference (Deposit): PAGE, N.J, CLARK, A.L., DESBOROUGH, G.A., AND PARKER, R.L., 1973, PLATINUM-GROUP METALS, IN BROBST, D.A., AND PRATT, W.P., EDS., UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 820, P. 541.

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, F.S., ARMBRUSTMACHER, T.J., VAN NOY, R.M., ZILKA, N.T., FEDERSPIEL, F.E., AND RIDENOUR, JAMES, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BEARTOOTH PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, CARBON, PARK, STILLWATER, AND SWEET GRASS COUNTIES, MONTANA, AND PARK COUNTY WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 1920, P. 166-169.

Reference (Deposit): WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY, COMPS., 1942, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 21, P. 23-24.

Reference (Deposit): REED, G.C., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), PARK COUNTY, MONT.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7546, P. 48-49.

Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., 1930, THE NEW WORLD OR COOKE CITY MINING DISTRICT, PARK COUNTY, MONTANA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 811, P. 46, 59-60.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1971, RESOURCE INVESTIGATIONS, PLATINUM, IN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESEARCH, 1971: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 750-A, P. A2.

Principal Gold Districts of Montana

In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.