Copper King Mine

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117466
MRDS ID DC03568
MAS/MILS ID 0080130056
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Mine
Related records 10108244

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.42009, 40.05509 (WGS84)
Elevation 2524
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 001 N 072 W 14 C NWNE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Bravoite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Cobaltite Unknown
Millerite Unknown
Niccolite Unknown
Pentlandite Unknown
Polydymite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Bravoite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.42009, 40.05509

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 30M
    Length 150M
    Width 12M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45W:45S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1940

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cobalt Gold Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Georgia
    Year 1941

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, JAMES E, 1941, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE NICKEL PROPER

  • Deposit

    THE COLBALT GOLD MINING CO. US BUR MINES STRAT. MINERAL E

  • Deposit

    ATION SECTION REPT NO 5001 (UNPUBLISHED) ON FILE AT USBM I

  • Deposit

    BLDG 20, DENVER FED. CENTER, DENVER, CO 80225.

  • Deposit

    GODDARD E N, AND LOVERING, T.S, 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSI

  • Deposit

    THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO, US GEOL SURVEY PROF PAPER 223,

  • Deposit

    GODDARD E N, AND LOVERING, T S, 1942, NICKEL DEPOSIT NEAR GO

  • Deposit

    BOULDER, CO, COLORADO. US GEOL SURVEY BULL. 931-O, P 349-3

  • Deposit

    (INCLUDES PLAN AND SECTION VIEWS OF DEPOSIT AND MINE)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 050 DEPOSIT EXPLORED BY 16 DRILL HOLES TOTALING 2500 FT UNDERGROUND WORKINGS TOTALING 2000 FT. REC 070 POLYDYMITE CHIEF ORE AND IS SUPERGENE IN ORIGIN REC 101-115. UPPER LEVELS CONTAIN 25,000 SHT TONS OF 2.5% NI LOWER LEVELS CONTAIN 30,000 SHORT TONS OF 0.5% NI (BELL, 1941, P 6)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.