Mine detail: Copper King Mine

Previously called 'Dawson Mtn WorkingsCopper King Claims PatentedUnpatented Claims: Sam 1-15 1977 Part'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.39057, -105.30251

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Gold, Malachite, Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1901

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1901
Last production ended: 1908

Geology

Host rock:Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:Granodiorite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite
Structure:Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Webster Park Graben, Ese-Trending Fault/Shear Zone; Ilse Fault
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

References

MRDSD009635
DEP10087787
Reference{Deposit:: COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 10-14}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.}{Deposit:: Sheridan, D.M., Raymond, W.H., Taylor, R.B., and Hasler, J.W., 1990, Metallogenic map of stratabound exhalative and related occurrences in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1971, scale 1:1,000,000}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}{Production:: USBM RECORDS}
ReporterCollins, Donna B.