Copper King

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101961
MRDS ID DC08632
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.58427, 46.88795 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position N SIDE OF UNION CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potomac(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 016W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N W OF POTOMAC ?

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Group;Jefferson Limestone{Maywood Formation;Red Lion Formation{Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Madison Group;Jefferson Lst{Maywood Formation;Red Lion Formation{Hasmark Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.58427, 46.88795

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Garnet Range Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1943, RPT. TO SECY. INT., COPPER KING MINE.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 660, PL. V1.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-19-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY WORKED OUT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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