Copper King Mine

The Copper King Mine is a molybdenum and copper mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,999 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper King Mine
Secondary: Copper King Adit
Secondary: Waterbury Adit
Secondary: Paxton Crosscut: Anaconda Group
Secondary: Claims, Anaconda Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Taos
District: Red River 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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: C. W. Hoover, R. T. Keeling And B. M. Young
Years: 1957 -

Owner Name: Taos Uranium And Exploration Co.
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1867
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Main Shear Zone Strikes N 80 E And Is Intersected By One Or More Cross-Shears Striking N 20 E.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Shear Zoone.

Rocks

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 5 CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1149 COVERING 50.88 ACRES. PATENT REJECTED IN 1912.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, RAISES AND WINZES WHICH WERE REPORTED CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1960.

References

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 86

Reference (Deposit): REED, E.F., 1922 RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, P. 19-20

Reference (Deposit): HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1947 USBM RI-4046, 4 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, 35 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 72-74

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 111-115, MAP 2.

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