Copper King Mine

The Copper King Mine is a copper mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper King Mine
Secondary: Dawson Mtn Workings
Secondary: Copper King Claims Patented
Secondary: Unpatented Claims: Sam 1-15 1977 Part

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Grape Creek Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Production

Year: 1908
Time Period: 1901-1908
Mined: 550.000 mt
Description: Cp_Grade: ^61 Lbs Cu And 0.09 Oz Au Per Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1901
Year Last Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1901
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Webster Park Graben, Ese-Trending Fault/Shear Zone; Ilse Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CU (0.06 TO 4.4%), AU (0.01 TO .11 OZ/TON), AG (0.1 TO 1.5 OZ/TON), PB (0.14 TO 0.23%), ZN (0.01 TO 0.35%)

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): 5 MILES SW OF CANON CITY ON TEMPLE CANYON ROAD, THEN 1.5 MILES SW ON 4-WHEEL DRIVE DOZER ROAD TO CLAIM GROUP; ON NORTH SLOPE OF DAWSON MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Commodity): MALACHITE AS FRACTURE FILLINGS, STREAKS

Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER 25 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Comment (Development): IN 1977 NEW CLAIMS STAKED OVER MUCH OF THE UNPATENTED GROUND IN THE AREA, ON BOTH THIS AND OTHER PROPERTIES

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS ALONG SHEAR ZONES STRIKING N 45-62 E

Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS (150 AND 65 FT DEEP), 3 ADITS; MAIN WORKING ABOUT 240 FT DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS; SECOND ADIT 46 FT LONG WITH OVERHAND, UNDERHAND STOPES; THIRD ADIT ABOUT 50 FT LONG; MAIN ADIT INTERSECTS DEEPER SHAFT AT 50-FT LEVEL

References

Reference (Production): USBM RECORDS

Reference (Deposit): COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 10-14

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.

Reference (Deposit): Sheridan, D.M., Raymond, W.H., Taylor, R.B., and Hasler, J.W., 1990, Metallogenic map of stratabound exhalative and related occurrences in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1971, scale 1:1,000,000

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

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