Mine detail: Copper King Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.05509, -105.42009

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Bravoite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Millerite, Niccolite, Pentlandite, Polydymite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1940

Geology

References

MRDSDC03568
MAS80130056
DEP10117466
Reference{Deposit:: BELL, JAMES E, 1941, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE NICKEL PROPER}{Deposit:: THE COLBALT GOLD MINING CO. US BUR MINES STRAT. MINERAL E}{Deposit:: ATION SECTION REPT NO 5001 (UNPUBLISHED) ON FILE AT USBM I}{Deposit:: BLDG 20, DENVER FED. CENTER, DENVER, CO 80225.}{Deposit:: GODDARD E N, AND LOVERING, T.S, 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSI}{Deposit:: THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO, US GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 223,}{Deposit:: GODDARD E N, AND LOVERING, T S, 1942, NICKEL DEPOSIT NEAR GO}{Deposit:: BOULDER, CO, COLORADO. US GEOL SURVEY BULL. 931-O, P 349-3}{Deposit:: (INCLUDES PLAN AND SECTION VIEWS OF DEPOSIT AND MINE)}
ReporterHite, Alan G.