Mine detail: Copper King

Previously called 'Steele Canyon Mining, Milling, and Investment Co. ClaimsIndependencePrincessVictor'

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Location: Saguache County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.24473, -105.8267
dep_id: 10012934
mrds_id: D008960
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
Minor mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
gangue: Fluorite, Barite
work_type: Underground
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D., Keller, John W.
hrock_unit: Harding, Fremont, and Manitou Formations
hrock_type: Limestone,Siltstone,Sandstone
Structure: Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Unnamed Normal Faults; Unnamed Anticline; Sangre De Cristo Fault
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
disc_yr: 1900
discr: Sangre De Cristo Mining, Milling, And Investment Co.
References:
  • Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MANAGERS REPTS., 1902, 1904, 1905
  • Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 14177
  • Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., AND OTHERS, 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOWARD QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-892
  • Deposit:: Hannigan, B.J., 1984, USBM MLA 24-84
  • Geology:: Lindsey and others, 1984, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1716-A.
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