Copper King Mine

Past Producer in Converse county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080906
MRDS ID W032436
MAS/MILS ID 0560090276
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Copper King Mine, Copper King Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Main Entrance -105.787, 42.494 (WGS84) 25 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOUGLAS ON CRAZY HORSE CREEK. Southern of 2 adits labeled on topo.
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Main Entrance -105.786, 42.494 (WGS84) 25 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOUGLAS ON CRAZY HORSE CREEK. Northern of 2 adits labeled on topo.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Converse(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warbonnett Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Laramie Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Torrington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle North Platte-Casper(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 Converse

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029N 075W 12 NW of SW Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.787, 42.494
Main Entrance (2) -105.786, 42.494

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Esterbrook Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Medicine Bow

Comments on the production information

  • YEARS UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GSW BULL 50, P. 38.

  • Production

    GSW BULL 50, P. 38

  • Deposit

    Lane, D.W., Root, F.K., and Glass, g.B., 1972, Geologic map atlas and summary of economic mineral resources of converse County, Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Survey Resource Series 1, 22 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENTICULAR BODIES OF QUARTZ 300 FT LONG WITH SCHIST, AND A QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANITE CARRY ABUNDANT OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALS AT THE OUTCRO P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 04-AUG-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey MAS 0560090276 = newMRDS 10132933, merged and deleted.
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0560090276 = newMRDS 10132933

Beyond USGS

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

External references