Copper King Nickel Mine

The Copper King Nickel Mine is a nickel and cobalt mine located in Boulder county, Colorado.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Copper King Nickel Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Boulder

Elevation:

Commodity: Nickel, Cobalt

Lat, Long: 40.05528, -105.41972

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Copper King Nickel Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Copper King Nickel Mine
Secondary: Copper King


Commodity

Primary: Nickel
Primary: Cobalt
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Gold Hill District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: ore replaces beds in amphibolite


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Amphibole Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pentlandite
Ore: Niccolite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Bravoite
Unknown: Cobaltite
Unknown: Millerite
Unknown: Polydymite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Violarite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): Adits 3/4 mile SW of Gold Hill, in N/2 sec. 14, T1N, R72W. Cobalt Gold Mining Co. was owner (operator?) in 1930s and 1940s.

Comment (Production): About 3,000 tons of nickel ore was mined in 1942.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): About 25,000 tons of ore that contains between 2% and 3% nickel, plus a similar quantity of 0.5% nickel (1955).


References

Reference (Deposit): GODDARD AND LOVERING, 1942, USGS BULL. 931-0, PL. 59, PG 349-362.

Reference (Deposit): OWN:COBALT GOLD MINING CO

Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reference (Deposit): BELL, JAMES E, 1941, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE NICKEL PROPERTY OF THE COBALT GOLD MINING CO. US BUR MINES STRAT. MINERAL EVALUATION SECTION REPT NO 5001 (UNPUBLISHED) ON FILE AT USBM IFOC

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL COMMODITY FILES-DOCKET 6754

Reference (Deposit): LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG. 70, PL. 8


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