Mine detail: Copper King Mine

Previously called 'Copper Queen Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.73667, -105.57975

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Feldspar, Mica
Tertiary:	Tungsten, Zinc
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Muscovite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Anthophyllite, Chlorite, Clinozoisite, Epidote, Garnet, Magnetite, Quartz, Sphene
Orebody form:	LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE
Discovery year:	1939

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Biotite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Boulder Creek Granite, Quartz Monzonite;Rhyolitic And Andesitic Tuff And Tuff Breccia
Associated type:	Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Rhyolite,Granite
Structure:	Thirtyone Mile Mountain Volcanic Center, Front Range, Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns

References

MRDS	D009204
DEP	10101785
Reference	{Deposit:: BELSER, CARL, 1956, TUNGSTEN POTENTIAL IN CHAFFEE, FREMONT, GUNNISON, LAKE, LARIMER, PARK, AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7748, P.19-26.}{Deposit:: EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.}{Deposit:: HANLEY, J.B., HEINRICH, E.W., PAGE, L.R., 1950, PEGMATITE INVESTIGATIONS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, AND UTAH, 1942-1944: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 227, P. 105}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.