The Copper King Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 2,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.32167, -117.66083
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Copper King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King Mine
Secondary: Chinto
Secondary: Amazon
Secondary: Banner
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Chewelah
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Banner Mining Co.
Owner Name: Bonanza Lead
Production
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1904 - 1941
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.01 Oz Au & 3.3 Oz Ag/T, 2.5 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Of Host Rock.
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVERAGES 0.01 OZ. AU AND 3.3 OZ.AG/TON,AND 2.5% CU. SOME ORE RICH IN AG.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): COMBINED PRODUCTION OF CHINTO, AMAZON AND COPPER KING. THERE WAS PRODUCTION FROM AMAZON MINE BY BONANZA LEAD 1954-1956, THAT WAS CONCENTRATED IN MILL AT PALMER SIDING, WASHINGTON.
Comment (Workings): ORE DEPOSITS OCCUR AS ANASTOMOSING QUARTZ - CARBONATE VEINS , 10-25 FT. THICK IN SHEAR ZONES LESS THAN 50FT. THICK. PROBABLY NORTH EXTENSION OF VEINS EXPLORED IN UNITED COPPER MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERAL PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37 VOL. 1, P. 92-95
Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C.E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 142-144, 150-151
Reference (Deposit): BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 550, P. 102-104
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, L.D. AND MILLER, F.K., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE CHEWELAH MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. GEOLOGIC MAP GM-5
Reference (Deposit): 1905 DIREXPL COPPER KING MINING CO.
Reference (Deposit): 1938 DIREXPL CHINTO MINING CO.
Reference (Deposit): 1953 DIREXPL CHEWELAH COPPER CO.
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872
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