Mine detail: Copper King Nickel Mine

Previously called 'Copper King'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.05527, -105.42031

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Cobalt
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Other material:	Arsenopyrite, Bravoite, Cobaltite, Millerite, Polydymite, Sphalerite, Violarite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Idaho Springs Formation
Host type:	Amphibole Schist
Structure:	ore replaces beds in amphibolite

References

MRDS	DC03568
DEP	10108244
Reference	{Deposit:: GODDARD AND LOVERING, 1942, USGS BULL. 931-0, PL. 59, PG 349-362.}{Deposit:: MINERAL COMMODITY FILES-DOCKET 6754}{Deposit:: LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG. 70, PL. 8}{Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62}{Deposit:: BELL, JAMES E, 1941, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE NICKEL PROPERTY OF THE COBALT GOLD MINING CO. US BUR MINES STRAT. MINERAL EVALUATION SECTION REPT NO 5001 (UNPUBLISHED) ON FILE AT USBM IFOC}{Deposit:: OWN:COBALT GOLD MINING CO}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}
Reporter	Conservation Division Files, Unknown, Beach, Richard A., Hite, Alan G.