Mine detail: Copper King Mine

Previously called 'Anaconda GroupPaxtonWaterbury AditRed River Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.70224, -105.40586

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MAS350550052
DEP10297267
Reference{Deposit:: DEVELOPMENT BEGAN IN 1867}{Deposit:: SMELTER BUILT AT MOUTH OF PIONEER CANYON}{Deposit:: SMELTER ABANDONED AFTER 2 TRIAL RUNS}{Deposit:: MINE IS ON THE ANACONDA GROUP OF CLAIMS-NEW MEXICO MINERAL}{Deposit:: SURVEY NO. 1149 AND THE ANACONDA NO. 3 LODE, M. S. NO.}{Deposit:: 1108 WHICH WAS PATENTED IN 1906.}{Deposit:: NMBMMR BULL. 71, P. 72-74}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, GRATON, AND GORDON; USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 86,}{Deposit:: 1910.}{Deposit:: BUSH, F. V.; RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT, MINING WORLD,}{Deposit:: VOL. 42, NO. 12, P. 542}{Deposit:: REED, E. F.; RED RIVER MINING DISTRICT, COLO. SCH. OF MINES}{Deposit:: M. S. THESIS, 1922, P. 19-20.}{Deposit:: USBM R. I. 4046}{Deposit:: KELLY, R. P.; RED RIVER, N. M. MINER AND PROSPECTOR,}{Deposit:: VOL. 13, NO. 3, P. 9, AND VOL. 13, NO. 4, P. 12}{Deposit:: NMBMMR MINES FILES}
ReporterNew Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources