The Copper King Mine is a copper mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,003 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,003 Feet (2,744 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.7022, -105.40530
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Copper King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King Mine
Secondary: Anaconda Group
Secondary: Paxton
Secondary: Waterbury Adit
Secondary: Red River Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Taos
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hoover, Keeling, And Young
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1957
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: 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
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM R. I. 4046
Reference (Deposit): KELLY, R. P.; RED RIVER, N. M. MINER AND PROSPECTOR,
Reference (Deposit): M. S. THESIS, 1922, P. 19-20.
Reference (Deposit): REED, E. F.; RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT, COLO. SCH. OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): VOL. 42, NO. 12, P. 542
Reference (Deposit): 1910.
Reference (Deposit): BUSH, F. V.; RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT, MINING WORLD,
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, GRATON, AND GORDON; USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 86,
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR BULL. 71, P. 72-74
Reference (Deposit): 1108 WHICH WAS PATENTED IN 1906.
Reference (Deposit): SURVEY NO. 1149 AND THE ANACONDA NO. 3 LODE, M. S. NO.
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR MINES FILES
Reference (Deposit): VOL. 13, NO. 3, P. 9, AND VOL. 13, NO. 4, P. 12
Reference (Deposit): MINE IS ON THE ANACONDA GROUP OF CLAIMS-NEW MEXICO MINERAL
Reference (Deposit): SMELTER ABANDONED AFTER 2 TRIAL RUNS
Reference (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT BEGAN IN 1867
Reference (Deposit): SMELTER BUILT AT MOUTH OF PIONEER CANYON
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