Copper King Mine

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Feldspar, Mica, Tungsten, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101785
MRDS ID D009204
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.57975, 38.73667 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 2.5 MILES S 68 W FROM GUFFEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thirtyone Mile Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015S 073W 21 NE OF SW OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF THIRTYONE MILE CREEK, 1.5 MILES WEST OF ITS JUNCTION WITH CURRANT CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Feldspar Secondary
Mica Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALS, GRAINS, FLAKES, COATINGS; FELDSPAR MINED IN 1930'S

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Muscovite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Anthophyllite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Clinozoisite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sphene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Boulder Creek Granite, Quartz Monzonite;Rhyolitic And Andesitic Tuff And Tuff Breccia
    Rock description Boulder Creek Granite, Quartz Monzonite;Rhyolitic And Andesitic Tuff And Tuff Breccia
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Biotite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Biotite Gneiss, Migmatitic Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.57975, 38.73667

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirtyone Mile Mountain Volcanic Center, Front Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Creek Fault And Related Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID, TABULAR, POD-LIKE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wall Rock And Fault/Fracture Control; Fault Intersection

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939

Mining district

District name Guffey District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mining Ventures, Inc.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. Meyers
    Home office Canon City, Co.
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • COPPER QUEEN PROSPECT IS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET TO THE EAST, WITH SEVERAL ADITS, ONE CONNECTING TO COPPER KING PEGMATITE

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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