Mine detail: Copper King Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: Copper KingMs 18761'

Location:	Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.34556, -107.08313
dep_id:	10014410
mrds_id:	D011163
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Gold, Copper
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite
gangue:	Chlorite, Sericite
alteration:	Chloritization, Sericitization
Reporter:	Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit:	Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Dubois Greenstone--Quartzite
hrock_type:	Schist,Rhyolite
arock_unit:	Basalt
arock_type:	Rhyolite,Basalt
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock
tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:	Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178. Deposit:: SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1981, PRECAMBRIAN SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE GUNNISON REGION, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 273-277. Deposit:: NELSON, C.J., AND RIESMEYER, W.D., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE ANACONDA-GUNNISON MINE AREA, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, IN HANDFIELD, R.C., ED., GUNNISON GOLD BELT AND POWDERHORN CARBONATITE FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: DREGS, P. 8-18. Deposit:: NELSON, A.P., (NO DATE), MINING DISTRICTS, PRODUCING MINES AND PROSPECTIVE PROPERTIES (OF GUNNISON COUNTY): COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., P. 5. Deposit:: DROBECK, P.A., 1979, GEOLOGY AND TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF A PART OF THE GUNNISON GOLD BELT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M. SC. THESIS T-2251, P. 116. Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 18761