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Kings Canyon

Past Producer in Jackson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Molybdenum
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008364
MRDS ID D000445
MAS/MILS ID 0080570077
Record type Site
Mineralized Area eastern Northgate area
Current site name Kings Canyon
Alternate or previous names Pinkham Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Main Entrance -106.20284, 40.92719 (WGS84) 10 Coordinates for lower adit (mapped by Steven, 1960, but in accessible for MLA study in 1994). Adit on topo.
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Main Entrance -106.20256, 40.92664 (WGS84) 10 Coordinates for upper adit (mapped for MLA 13-94). Adit on topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kings Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011N 079W 13 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Malachite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Bornite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result MOS2 1 TO 10%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.20284, 40.92719
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Main Entrance (2) -106.20256, 40.92664
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION FROM QUARTZ LENS IN GNEISS. PYRITE, MALACHITE CHRYSOCOLLA, FLUORITE, BORNITE, CHALCOPYRITE, MOLYBDENITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name eastern Northgate district

Production statistics

  • Year 1994
    Period commulative production to 1994
    Material produced 250 g silver and 720 kg copper. No tonnage of ore or grade are given.
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Primary Silver Silver 250g
    Primary Copper Copper 720000g

Comments on the production information

  • Produced at least 250 g Ag and 720 kg Cu.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground

Comments on the workings information

  • A CAVED AND OPEN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T., 1960, GEOL. AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS, NORTH GATE DISTRICT, COLO.: USGS BULL. 1082-F, p. 323-422.

  • Deposit

    Neubert, J.W., and Dersch, J.S., 1994, MINERAL APPRAISAL OF ROUTT NATIONAL FOREST, COLORADO: USBM MLA 13-94, 64 p., 6 appendices.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-74 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 20-JUN-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0080570077 = newMRDS 10142549, merged and deleted
Reporter 05-AUG-93 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0080570077 = newMRDS 10142549

Beyond USGS

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

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