The Copper King is a lead mine located in Stevens county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Copper King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LAT. & LONG. ARE GENERAL
Comment (Location): Original lat/long coords 48-50N 117-30W are very imprecise. No seconds, and minutes rounded to 10's (+/- 20km). This location falls in Pend Oreille county. The stated political location in the record is Stevens county. No UTM given. PLSS coords are 40N 41E sect 25. The center of sect 25 translates to 48 56 41N 117 34 20W. This location falls in Stevens county and is very close to the Copper King mine in GEONAMES 48 56 54N 117 33 48W. The GEONAMES coords were used to replace the original coordinates.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOL. BULL. 37
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C. P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES & GEOL. BULL. 39
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