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Copper King Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087787
MRDS ID D009635
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Mine
Alternate or previous names Dawson Mtn Workings, Copper King Claims Patented, Unpatented Claims: Sam 1-15 1977 Part

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.30251, 38.39057 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 4.9 MILES S 50 W OF CANON CITY POST OFFICE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Royal Gorge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 019S 071W 14 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 5 MILES SW OF CANON CITY ON TEMPLE CANYON ROAD, THEN 1.5 MILES SW ON 4-WHEEL DRIVE DOZER ROAD TO CLAIM GROUP; ON NORTH SLOPE OF DAWSON MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MALACHITE AS FRACTURE FILLINGS, STREAKS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result CU (0.06 TO 4.4%), AU (0.01 TO .11 OZ/TON), AG (0.1 TO 1.5 OZ/TON), PB (0.14 TO 0.23%), ZN (0.01 TO 0.35%)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 271
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Stratabound Precambrian sulfide, Colorado and Wyoming

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.30251, 38.39057
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Webster Park Graben, Ese-Trending Fault/Shear Zone; Ilse Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fault Intersections; Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Year of first production 1901
Year of last production 1908

Mining district

District name Grape Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1908
    Period 1901-1908
    Ore mined 550mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^61 Lbs Cu And 0.09 Oz Au Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 3g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.145HA
    Length 114.3M
    Overall depth 45.72M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS (150 AND 65 FT DEEP), 3 ADITS; MAIN WORKING ABOUT 240 FT DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS; SECOND ADIT 46 FT LONG WITH OVERHAND, UNDERHAND STOPES; THIRD ADIT ABOUT 50 FT LONG; MAIN ADIT INTERSECTS DEEPER SHAFT AT 50-FT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • IN 1977 NEW CLAIMS STAKED OVER MUCH OF THE UNPATENTED GROUND IN THE AREA, ON BOTH THIS AND OTHER PROPERTIES

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER 25 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COKER, R. J., 1982, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ARKANSAS CANYON PLANNING UNIT WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE FORMER GRAPE CREEK WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS AND THE MCINTYRE HILLS WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: US BLM MINERAL REPORT, P. 10-14

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A., AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.

  • Production

    USBM RECORDS

  • Deposit

    Sheridan, D.M., Raymond, W.H., Taylor, R.B., and Hasler, J.W., 1990, Metallogenic map of stratabound exhalative and related occurrences in Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1971, scale 1:1,000,000

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS ALONG SHEAR ZONES STRIKING N 45-62 E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

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