The Copper King Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Park county, Colorado 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: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.73667, -105.57917
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Copper King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King Mine
Secondary: Copper Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Feldspar
Secondary: Mica
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Guffey District
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. E. Meyers
Home Office: Canon City, Co.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Mining Ventures, Inc.
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
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
Form: LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thirtyone Mile Mountain Volcanic Center, Front Range
Type: L
Description: Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Sphene
Gangue: Clinozoisite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Anthophyllite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Actinolite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF THIRTYONE MILE CREEK, 1.5 MILES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH CURRANT CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, GRAINS, FLAKES, COATINGS; FELDSPAR MINED IN 1930'S
Comment (Workings): COPPER QUEEN PROSPECT IS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET TO THE EAST, WITH SEVERAL ADITS, ONE CONNECTING TO COPPER KING PEGMATITE
References
Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P.19-26.
Reference (Deposit): EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.
Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.
Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 105
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