The Copper King Lode is a copper and gold mine located in Chaffee county, Colorado.
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Copper King Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King Lode
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Chaffee
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Comments
Comment (Production): ITEM 8 CONTAINS ITEMS 9 & 10
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUARTZOSE FISSURE VEINS; VEINS GENERALLY FOLLOW STRIKE OF SCHIST AT S 50-75E 50-75NE. ORE MIN: BORNITE, MALACHITE, CHALCOCITE, CHALCOPYRITE. GANGUE: QTZ., FELD., MUSCOVITE, CHLORITE, CALCITE, LIMONITE
References
Reference (Deposit): BLM COLO. CONNECTING SHEETS
Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1908, USGS BULL. 340, PG 157-174
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64
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