Copper King

Past Producer 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264956
MAS/MILS ID 0081070033
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King
Alternate or previous names Copper Spur Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.68123, 39.93278 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 500(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.68123, 39.93278

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 STRATABOUND
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 970401

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1910

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Summo Minerals Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
    First year 1996
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Austin, Roy
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1996
    First year 1949

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOM, IFOC, MINERALS PROPERTY FILE

  • Deposit

    REGIONAL MINERAL APPRAISAL, LEADVILLE 2 DEGREE QUAD SHEET

  • Deposit

    COLORADO, 1993, BOM OPEN-FILE REPORT, MLA XX-93.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 107, #39, SEPT. 25, 1996, P7.

  • Deposit

    SUMMO MINERALS CORP. PRESS RELEASE, "RESULTS AT COPPER

  • Deposit

    SPUR PROPERTY, COLORADO", 11/26/96.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL. 107, #48, NOV. 27, 1996, P1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-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.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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