Copper King

Occurrence in Park county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096616
MRDS ID W032851
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.78411, 44.63325 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stinkingwater Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cody(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Shoshone(hydrologic unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic accounting unit)

Big Horn(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shoshone National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Park

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Famatinite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result DUMPS ASSAYED 0.04 OZ AU, 0.62 OZ AG PER TON: 3.35% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Wapiti
    Rock description Wapiti
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.78411, 44.63325

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones And Faults In Volcanic Breccia

Ore body information

  • Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name The Sunlight Region

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Shoshone

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW RI 23, P.53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE FILLINGS IN SHEAR ZONES AND FAULTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-84 Palm, Michael L (Barari, Rachel A) South Dakota Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.