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Copper King Lode

Producer in Chaffee county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108189
MRDS ID DC02908
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.17921, 38.53056 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR MAYSVILLE, ABOUT 11.4 MI. W. OF SALIDA ON U. S. HWY 50. N 1/2 NW 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chaffee(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maysville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(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 Chaffee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 49N 07E 03 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.17921, 38.53056
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZOSE FISSURE VEINS; VEINS GENERALLY FOLLOW STRIKE OF SCHIST AT S 50-75E 50-75NE. ORE MIN: BORNITE, MALACHITE, CHALCOCITE, CHALCOPYRITE. GANGUE: QTZ., FELD., MUSCOVITE, CHLORITE, CALCITE, LIMONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 CONTAINS ITEMS 9 & 10

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM COLO. CONNECTING SHEETS

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, 1908, USGS BULL. 340, PG 157-174

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown 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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