Copper King Mine

The Copper King Mine is a copper mine located in Taos county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,003 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper King Mine
Secondary: Anaconda Group
Secondary: Paxton
Secondary: Waterbury Adit
Secondary: Red River Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Taos

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

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Hoover, Keeling, And Young
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1957

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): USBM R. I. 4046

Reference (Deposit): KELLY, R. P.; RED RIVER, N. M. MINER AND PROSPECTOR,

Reference (Deposit): M. S. THESIS, 1922, P. 19-20.

Reference (Deposit): REED, E. F.; RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT, COLO. SCH. OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): VOL. 42, NO. 12, P. 542

Reference (Deposit): 1910.

Reference (Deposit): BUSH, F. V.; RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT, MINING WORLD,

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, GRATON, AND GORDON; USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 86,

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR BULL. 71, P. 72-74

Reference (Deposit): 1108 WHICH WAS PATENTED IN 1906.

Reference (Deposit): SURVEY NO. 1149 AND THE ANACONDA NO. 3 LODE, M. S. NO.

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR MINES FILES

Reference (Deposit): VOL. 13, NO. 3, P. 9, AND VOL. 13, NO. 4, P. 12

Reference (Deposit): MINE IS ON THE ANACONDA GROUP OF CLAIMS-NEW MEXICO MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): SMELTER ABANDONED AFTER 2 TRIAL RUNS

Reference (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT BEGAN IN 1867

Reference (Deposit): SMELTER BUILT AT MOUTH OF PIONEER CANYON

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