Copper King Mine

The Copper King Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,999 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Copper King Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Park

Elevation: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Gold

Lat, Long: 38.73667, -105.57917

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Copper King Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Copper King Mine
Secondary: Copper Queen Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Feldspar
Secondary: Mica
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Guffey District


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: J. E. Meyers
Home Office: Canon City, Co.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Mining Ventures, Inc.
Years: 1956 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
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

Form: LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE


Structure

Type: R
Description: Thirtyone Mile Mountain Volcanic Center, Front Range

Type: L
Description: Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Sphene
Gangue: Clinozoisite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Anthophyllite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Actinolite


Comments

Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF THIRTYONE MILE CREEK, 1.5 MILES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH CURRANT CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, GRAINS, FLAKES, COATINGS; FELDSPAR MINED IN 1930'S

Comment (Workings): COPPER QUEEN PROSPECT IS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET TO THE EAST, WITH SEVERAL ADITS, ONE CONNECTING TO COPPER KING PEGMATITE


References

Reference (Deposit): BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P.19-26.

Reference (Deposit): EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.

Reference (Deposit): HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.

Reference (Deposit): HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 105


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