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Copper King Mine

Occurrence in Albany county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080864
MRDS ID W032379
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.26951, 41.02053 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albany(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horatio Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saratoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Platte(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 Wyoming Albany

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012N 079W 09 SE Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.26951, 41.02053
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Copper Ridge District, Pelton Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Medicine Bow

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO MINERALIZATION OBSERVED ON THE DUMP, BUT THE SHAFT WAS PRESUMA BLY DRIVEN TO INTERSECT A MOLYBDENITE AND CHALCOPYRITE BEARING PEGMATI TE THAT CROPS OUT TO THE NORTHWEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 38

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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