| Lat / long: | 40.85026, -105.49588 |
| Primary: | Zinc, Uranium |
| Secondary: | Vanadium |
| Tertiary: | Copper, Iron, Molybdenum |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Coffinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pitchblende, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Actinolite, Anthophyllite, Apatite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Phlogopite, Siderite |
| Orebody form: | WEDGE |
| Discovery year: | 1925 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1920 |
| Last production ended: | 1953 |
| Host rock: | Sherman Granite;Metasedimentary Rocks--Amphibole Skarn |
| Host type: | Granite |
| Associated rock: | Sherman Granite;Pegmatite |
| Associated type: | Pegmatite |
| Structure: | Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Virginia Dale Ring Dike Complex, Copper King Fault, B Fault, A Fau Lt |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Alteration processes: | Saussuritic(?) Alteration Of Granite Wallrock; Amphibole And Mica Replacement In Skarn; Chloritization Of Skarn And Mica; Partial Oxidat Ion And Hydration Of Pitchblende; Fe Oxidation |
| MRDS | D010535 |
| DEP | 10013961 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: SIMS, P.K., AND OTHERS, 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE COPPER KING URANIUM MI NE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1032-D, 50 P.}{Deposit:: PHAIR, GEORGE, AND SIMS, P.K., 1954, PARAGENESIS AND AGE OF THE URA NIUM MINERALS IN THE COPPER KING MINE, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO (ABS.) : GSA BULL., V. 65, NO. 12, PT. 2, P. 1385.}{Deposit:: SIMS, P.K., AND TOULMIN, PRIESTLY, 1961, TEMPERATURE OF FORMATION O F A PRECAMBRIAN MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, COPPER KING MINE, FRONT RANGE , COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B1-B2.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENC ES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 208.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS. AND INF. REPTS.}{Production:: SIMS AND OTHERS (1920 ZN PROD.); ORIGINAL CRIB RECORD (1951 ZN AND U ORE PROD.); COLO. DIV. MINES (1952-53 U ORE PROD.); NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (CUMUL. U308/V205 PROD.)} |
| Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |