Copper Spur

Prospect in Routt county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191487
MAS/MILS ID 0081070203
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Spur
Alternate or previous names Copper King 0081070033

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.68123, 39.93278 (WGS84)
Elevation 2500
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Routt(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vail(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Routt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 S 083 W 34 NWNW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.68123, 39.93278

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Summo Minerals Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
    First year 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 9-96: ORE GRADES FROM PREVIOUS OPERATIONS AVG BETWEEN 2-4%. THE PROPERTY CONTAINS THE POTENTIAL FOR A RESOURCE OF 10-30 MILLION TONS @ +1% CU. SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND MAPPING AND SAMPLING WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO DELINEATE THE RESOURCE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, V., 107, #43, NOV., 27, 1996, P1.

  • Deposit

    SUMMO MINERALS CORP. PRESS RELEASE, 9-18-96.

  • Deposit

    SUMMO MINERALS CORP. PRESS RELEASE, 11-26-96.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED AT AN ELEVATION OF 7500 FT. AND LIES APPROX. 60 MILES SE OF HAYDEN, CO. A DRILLING PROGRAM FOR 1997 IS BEING PLANNED TO TEST EXTENSIONS. THIS PROPERTY ALSO INCLUDES THE PAST PRODUCING MINE KNOWN AS THE COPPER KING SEE MAS PROPERTY SEQ# 0081070033:

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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