The Copper King Mine is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.39056, -105.30194
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Copper King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King Mine
Secondary: Dawson Mtn Workings
Secondary: Copper King Claims Patented
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Sam 1-15 1977 Part
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Grape Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Production
Year: 1908
Time Period: 1901-1908
Mined: 550.000 mt
Description: Cp_Grade: ^61 Lbs Cu And 0.09 Oz Au Per Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1901
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Webster Park Graben, Ese-Trending Fault/Shear Zone; Ilse Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CU (0.06 TO 4.4%), AU (0.01 TO .11 OZ/TON), AG (0.1 TO 1.5 OZ/TON), PB (0.14 TO 0.23%), ZN (0.01 TO 0.35%)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 5 MILES SW OF CANON CITY ON TEMPLE CANYON ROAD, THEN 1.5 MILES SW ON 4-WHEEL DRIVE DOZER ROAD TO CLAIM GROUP; ON NORTH SLOPE OF DAWSON MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Commodity): MALACHITE AS FRACTURE FILLINGS, STREAKS
Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER 25 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD
Comment (Development): IN 1977 NEW CLAIMS STAKED OVER MUCH OF THE UNPATENTED GROUND IN THE AREA, ON BOTH THIS AND OTHER PROPERTIES
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS ALONG SHEAR ZONES STRIKING N 45-62 E
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS (150 AND 65 FT DEEP), 3 ADITS; MAIN WORKING ABOUT 240 FT DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS; SECOND ADIT 46 FT LONG WITH OVERHAND, UNDERHAND STOPES; THIRD ADIT ABOUT 50 FT LONG; MAIN ADIT INTERSECTS DEEPER SHAFT AT 50-FT LEVEL
References
Reference (Production): USBM RECORDS
Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 10-14
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.
Reference (Deposit): Sheridan, D.M., Raymond, W.H., Taylor, R.B., and Hasler, J.W., 1990, Metallogenic map of stratabound exhalative and related occurrences in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1971, scale 1:1,000,000
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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