The Copper King Mine is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Albany county, Wyoming.
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Mine Info
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Copper King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
District: Copper Ridge District, Pelton Creek Area
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.
Administrative Organization: Medicine Bow
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): NO MINERALIZATION OBSERVED ON THE DUMP, BUT THE SHAFT WAS PRESUMA BLY DRIVEN TO INTERSECT A MOLYBDENITE AND CHALCOPYRITE BEARING PEGMATI TE THAT CROPS OUT TO THE NORTHWEST.
References
Reference (Deposit): GSW BULL 50, P. 38
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