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Copper King

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012934
MRDS ID D008960
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King
Alternate or previous names Steele Canyon Mining, Milling, and Investment Co. Claims, Independence, Princess, Victor

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.8267, 38.24473 (WGS84)
Elevation 3298
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 7 MILES N 87 E OF VILLA GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valley View Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 046N 010E 12 S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN STEEL CANYON 4 MILES DUE NORTH OF VALLEY VIEW HOT SPRINGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Barite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Harding, Fremont, and Manitou Formations
    Rock description Minturn And Belden Formations;Leadville Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.8267, 38.24473
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Unnamed Normal Faults; Unnamed Anticline; Sangre De Cristo Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • fractures in carbonate rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer Sangre De Cristo Mining, Milling, And Investment Co.

Mining district

District name Orient-Steele Canyon area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Steele Canyon Mining, Milling, And Investment Co.
    First year 1905

Production statistics

  • Year 1984
    Period to 1984
    Material polymetallic ore from Copper King, Victor, Independence, Princess, and Abe Lincoln
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 17.6mt
    Major Lead Lead 154mt
    Major Silver Silver 238000g
    Major Gold Gold 170g

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings tunnels
    Length 260.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKINGS ARE 220-FT SHAFT ON INDEPENDENCE CLAIM; 380-FT TUNNEL ON VICTOR CLAIM; 120-FT TUNNEL AND 125-FT WINZE ON PRINCESS CLAIM. ADDITIONAL WORKINGS INCLUDE 155 FT OF SHAFT AND TUNNEL ON ABE LINCOLN; 100-FT TUNNEL AND 50-FT WINZE ON CLARENCE; 855 FT OF TUNNEL, SHAFT, AND STOPES ON COPPER KING; 21-FT TUNNEL ON COPPER KING NO. 2; 90-FT SHAFT ON NEW YORK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    Lindsey and others, 1984, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1716-A.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES MINE MANAGERS REPTS., 1902, 1904, 1905

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 14177

  • Deposit

    TAYLOR, R.B., AND OTHERS, 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOWARD QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS I-892

  • Deposit

    Hannigan, B.J., 1984, USBM MLA 24-84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TYPE OF DEPOSIT UNKNOWN, BUT MINERALIZATION APPEARS RELATED TO NORMAL AND REVERSE FAULTS BRANCHING FROM SANGRE DE CRISTO FAULT (RANGE BOUNDARY FAULT)
Deposit CLAIMS GROUP ALSO INCLUDES ABE LINCOLN, BILLY, CLARENCE, COPPER KING AND COPPER KING NO.2, ELSIE, NEW YORK, SHERMAN, SNOW SHOE, THREE FREINDS, TOLEDO, EAGLE PLACERS 1-4, QUAKER CITY MILL SITE, PETER MILL SITE, STEELE CANYON MILL SITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 10-JUN-2005 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

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