Mine detail: Copper King

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

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Location

Lat / long:

38.24473, -105.8267

Resource(B)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
Secondary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Barite
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Harding, Fremont, and Manitou Formations
Host 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)

References

MRDS	D008960
DEP	10012934
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D., Keller, John W.