The Copper King is a lead mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming at an elevation of 7,461 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,461 Feet (2,274 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 41.61944, -106.17472
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Copper King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Wyoming Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Identification): Note: Copper King on p. 38 of 1966 version of Bull. 50 appears to be a different mine.
Comment (Identification): Listed as being in Albany County in Osterwald and others, Bull. 50, p. 124, but also listed as being in T19N, R78W which is in Carbon County, albeit only about 4 or 5 miles west of the county line.
Comment (Deposit): A 7 ft. "ore" body in gneiss and granite contains gold, silver, and galena.
Comment (Identification): Apparent confusion over two (or more) Copper Kings. There appear to be 2. Using Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. as a guide, it appears that the Copper King listed in Albany Co. as a Copper mine in the Esterbrook area is different from the Pb-Ag-Au "ore" body also listed in the same county.
References
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 80, 124, 174.
Reference (Deposit): Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 74, 111, 157.
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