The Copper King is a copper mine located in Fresno county, California at an elevation of 1,601 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: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 36.91111, -119.44472
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Copper King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King
Secondary: Hart
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Fresno
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1907
Time Period: - 1907
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^8 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION UP TILL 1917 HAD BEEN CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN 50,000 TONS OF 8 % CU. NO RECORDED PB OR ZN PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): COMPLEX SULFIDE DEPOSIT IN FOOTHILL COPPER BELT, QUARTZ STRINGERS CUTTING AMPHIBOLITE SCHIST INTRUDED BY GRANITE.
Comment (Workings): MAIN SHAFT NEARLY 800 FT. DEEP, AND INCLINED SHAFT WAS ABOUT 700 FT. DEEP. THERE WERE SIX LEVELS TOTALING OVER 2500 FT IN LENGTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P. 446 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., ETAL, 1951 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF FRESNO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47 , NO. 3 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 500 - 501 .
Reference (Production): LOGAN, C.A. ETAL, 1951 , P. 500 - 501
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