Mine detail: Copper King Mine

Previously called 'Patented Claim: Copper KingMs 18761'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.34556, -107.08313

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Chlorite, Sericite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Dubois Greenstone--Quartzite
Host type:Schist,Rhyolite
Associated rock:Basalt
Associated 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)
Alteration processes:Chloritization, Sericitization

References

MRDSD011163
DEP10014410
Reference{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}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.