Mine detail: Copper King Mine

Previously called 'Copper King AditWaterbury AditPaxton Crosscut: Anaconda GroupClaims, Anaconda Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.70226, -105.40667

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum, Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Tenorite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1867

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1955

Geology

Host type:	Latite
Associated type:	Latite
Structure:	Main Shear Zone Strikes N 80 E And Is Intersected By One Or More Cross-Shears Striking N 20 E.
Alteration processes:	Silicified Shear Zoone.

References

MRDS	D008281
DEP	10087607
Reference	{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 86}{Deposit:: REED, E.F., 1922 RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, M.S. THESIS, P. 19-20}{Deposit:: HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1947 USBM RI-4046, 4 PAGES}{Deposit:: PARK, C.F., JR., AND MCKINLAY, P.F., 1948 NMBMMR CIRC 18, 35 PAGES}{Deposit:: SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 72-74}{Deposit:: CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 111-115, MAP 2.}
Reporter	Menzie, David