| Deposit ID | 10038146 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M045434 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper King Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Copper King Mining, Milling, And Development Co |
| Related records | 10197783 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.90718, 45.12298 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3011 |
| Relative position | AT GOOSE LAKE 7 MI NORTH OF COOKE CITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Park(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cooke City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Red Lodge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Billings(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Stillwater(hydrologic unit)
Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Park |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 008S | 015E | 18 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Secondary |
| Palladium Critical | Tertiary |
| Rhodium Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Albite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Orthoclase | Gangue |
| Result | PT=0.5-10 PPM, PD=0.15-3 PPM, RH=0.04 PPM (PAGE AND OTHERS). AG=98 PPB, CU= 20%, PT=3.43 PPM (HIGH GRADE ORE, LOVERING). 2 RANDOM GRAB SAMPLES OF STOCKPILE: 1.03, 44.6 PPM PT |
|---|---|
| Result | 0.89, 36.4 PPM PD |
| Result | 0.34 PPM, TR AU |
| Result | 38, 103 PPM AG |
| Result | 6.8%, 3.2% CU (SIMONS AND OTHERS). WEIGHTED AVERAGE: 0.31% CU, 4.1 PPM AU, 8.9 PPM AG (SIMONS AND OTHERS). (ALL OZ/TON VALUES CONVERTED TO PPM) |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite |
| (1) | -109.90718, 45.12298 |
|---|
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1904 |
| District name | New World District (Goose Lake) |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kerr-Mcgee |
| First year | 1971 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 18.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M045434 |
PAGE, N.J, CLARK, A.L., DESBOROUGH, G.A., AND PARKER, R.L., 1973, PLATINUM-GROUP METALS, IN BROBST, D.A., AND PRATT, W.P., EDS., UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 820, P. 541.
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION MINERAL RESOURCES SURVEY, COMPS., 1942, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEMOIR 21, P. 23-24.
LOVERING, T.S., 1930, THE NEW WORLD OR COOKE CITY MINING DISTRICT, PARK COUNTY, MONTANA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 811, P. 46, 59-60.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1971, RESOURCE INVESTIGATIONS, PLATINUM, IN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESEARCH, 1971: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 750-A, P. A2.
REED, G.C., 1950, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), PARK COUNTY, MONT.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7546, P. 48-49.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE DEPOSIT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SYENITE STOCK. SOME ORE OCCURS IN A BRECCIA ZONE AND SEGREGATION VEINS; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: SYENITE-HOSTED CU-AG-PGE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1975 | Blair, Will N. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1991 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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