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Copper King Prospect

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016085
MRDS ID DC00345
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Prospect
Related records 10167724

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.56836, 38.73139 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thirtyone Mile Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 15S 73W 21 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ACTINOLITE , ANTHOPHYLLITE SCHISTS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.56836, 38.73139
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LOCALLY IMPREGNATED WITH BORNITE OR CHALCOPYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guffey

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LOW GRADE DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949: CSM QUART., VOL. 44, NO. 2

  • Deposit

    HANLEY, HEINRICH, PAGE, 1950: USGS PROF. PAPER 227.

  • Deposit

    DOC. 10,080 & 12,709, MICROFILM LIBRARY MIN. DEP. BRANCH

  • Deposit

    CONSV.DIV.COMP.DATE, 9,64

  • Deposit

    5) LOVERING AND GODDARD, 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO; USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 223

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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