Copper King Mine

Past Producer in Gunnison county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10014410
MRDS ID	D011163
Record type	Site
Current site name	Copper King Mine
Alternate or previous names	Patented Claim: Copper King, Ms 18761

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-107.08313, 38.34556 (WGS84)
Elevation	2740
Relative position	15.9 MILES S 32 W FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Powderhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Colorado	Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
New Mexico	047N	002W	10	N2 OF NW OF SW OF NE	Colorado

Comments on the location information

ON RIDGE BETWEEN TWO UNNAMED TRIBUTARIES OF WOLF CREEK AND ABOUT 1000 FT EAST OF IRONCAP MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Silver	Primary
Copper	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Chlorite	Gangue
Sericite	Gangue

Alteration

(Local) Chloritization, Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Rock unit name

Basalt

Rock description

Basalt

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoproterozoic
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoproterozoic
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoproterozoic

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Host or associated	Associated
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Schist
Rock unit name	Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Dubois Greenstone--Quartzite
Rock description	Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Dubois Greenstone--Quartzite

Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-107.08313, 38.34556	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Goose Creek District

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Comments on the workings information

SEVERAL SHAFTS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH; TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

MINE WAS ONE OF MAJOR CU LODES EXPLOITED IN EARLY 1900S.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D011163

Bibliographic references

Deposit

HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.
Deposit

SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1981, PRECAMBRIAN SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE GUNNISON REGION, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., EDS., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 273-277.
Deposit

NELSON, C.J., AND RIESMEYER, W.D., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE ANACONDA-GUNNISON MINE AREA, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, IN HANDFIELD, R.C., ED., GUNNISON GOLD BELT AND POWDERHORN CARBONATITE FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: DREGS, P. 8-18.
Deposit

NELSON, A.P., (NO DATE), MINING DISTRICTS, PRODUCING MINES AND PROSPECTIVE PROPERTIES (OF GUNNISON COUNTY): COLORADO STATE PLAN. COMM. UNPUB. REPT., P. 5.
Deposit

DROBECK, P.A., 1979, GEOLOGY AND TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF A PART OF THE GUNNISON GOLD BELT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M. SC. THESIS T-2251, P. 116.
Deposit

BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 18761

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	NELSON (1983) DESCRIBES DEPOSIT AS FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCK (RHYOLITE) ALTERED TO CHLORITE-SERICITE SCHIST AND CONTAINING UP TO 5% CHALCOPYRITE. CRENULATED SCHIST IS HIGHLY ATTENUATED IN EAST-WEST DIRECTION POSSIBLY THE RESULT OF SMALL-SCALE SHEARING. UNALTERED RHYOLITE TO EAST AND SOUTH DEFINES WEST-PLUNGING SYNFORM APPROXIMATELY ALONG TREND OF SYNFORM AT IRONCAP MINE TO WEST. DROBECK (1979) FOUND DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN CHLORITE-SERICITE ALTERED ROCKS CHARACTERIZED BY KINK-BANDED MICAS.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

NELSON (1983) DESCRIBES DEPOSIT AS FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCK (RHYOLITE) ALTERED TO CHLORITE-SERICITE SCHIST AND CONTAINING UP TO 5% CHALCOPYRITE. CRENULATED SCHIST IS HIGHLY ATTENUATED IN EAST-WEST DIRECTION POSSIBLY THE RESULT OF SMALL-SCALE SHEARING. UNALTERED RHYOLITE TO EAST AND SOUTH DEFINES WEST-PLUNGING SYNFORM APPROXIMATELY ALONG TREND OF SYNFORM AT IRONCAP MINE TO WEST. DROBECK (1979) FOUND DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE IN CHLORITE-SERICITE ALTERED ROCKS CHARACTERIZED BY KINK-BANDED MICAS.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1984	Schwochow, Stephen D.	Colorado Geological Survey

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