The Copper King Mine is a mine located in Boulder county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,281 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: 8,281 Feet (2,524 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.0551, -105.41950
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Copper King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Gold Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cobalt Gold Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Georgia
Info Year: 1941
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1880
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
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Polydymite
Unknown: Pentlandite
Unknown: Niccolite
Unknown: Millerite
Unknown: Cobaltite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Bravoite
Unknown: Bravoite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REC 050 DEPOSIT EXPLORED BY 16 DRILL HOLES TOTALING 2500 FT UNDERGROUND WORKINGS TOTALING 2000 FT. REC 070 POLYDYMITE CHIEF ORE AND IS SUPERGENE IN ORIGIN REC 101-115. UPPER LEVELS CONTAIN 25,000 SHT TONS OF 2.5% NI LOWER LEVELS CONTAIN 30,000 SHORT TONS OF 0.5% NI (BELL, 1941, P 6)
References
Reference (Deposit): GODDARD E N, AND LOVERING, T.S, 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSI
Reference (Deposit): THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO, US GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 223,
Reference (Deposit): GODDARD E N, AND LOVERING, T S, 1942, NICKEL DEPOSIT NEAR GO
Reference (Deposit): BOULDER, CO, COLORADO. US GEOL SURVEY BULL. 931-O, P 349-3
Reference (Deposit): (INCLUDES PLAN AND SECTION VIEWS OF DEPOSIT AND MINE)
Reference (Deposit): BELL, JAMES E, 1941, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE NICKEL PROPER
Reference (Deposit): THE COLBALT GOLD MINING CO. US BUR MINES STRAT. MINERAL E
Reference (Deposit): ATION SECTION REPT NO 5001 (UNPUBLISHED) ON FILE AT USBM I
Reference (Deposit): BLDG 20, DENVER FED. CENTER, DENVER, CO 80225.
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