The Copper King Mine is a molybdenum and copper mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,999 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
Elevation: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum, Copper
Lat, Long: 36.70222, -105.40611
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Copper King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King Mine
Secondary: Copper King Adit
Secondary: Waterbury Adit
Secondary: Paxton Crosscut: Anaconda Group
Secondary: Claims, Anaconda Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: Red River District
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: C. W. Hoover, R. T. Keeling And B. M. Young
Years: 1957 -
Owner Name: Taos Uranium And Exploration Co.
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1867
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Type: L
Description: Main Shear Zone Strikes N 80 E And Is Intersected By One Or More Cross-Shears Striking N 20 E.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Shear Zoone.
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 5 CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1149 COVERING 50.88 ACRES. PATENT REJECTED IN 1912.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, RAISES AND WINZES WHICH WERE REPORTED CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1960.
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 86
Reference (Deposit): REED, E.F., 1922 RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, P. 19-20
Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1947 USBM RI-4046, 4 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, 35 PAGES
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 72-74
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 111-115, MAP 2.
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