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Copper King

Prospect in Carbon county in Wyoming, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230312
MAS/MILS ID 0560070320
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King

Comments on the site identification

  • Listed as being in Albany County in Osterwald and others, Bull. 50, p. 124, but also listed as being in T19N, R78W which is in Carbon County, albeit only about 4 or 5 miles west of the county line.
  • Apparent confusion over two (or more) Copper Kings. There appear to be 2. Using Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. as a guide, it appears that the Copper King listed in Albany Co. as a Copper mine in the Esterbrook area is different from the Pb-Ag-Au "ore" body also listed in the same county.
  • Note: Copper King on p. 38 of 1966 version of Bull. 50 appears to be a different mine.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -106.17535, 41.6194 (WGS84)
Elevation 2274
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position On Rock Creek in T19N, R78W. elevation estimated based on estimated coordinates.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carbon(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arlington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medicine Bow(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rawlins(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Medicine Bow(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Carbon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 19N 78W Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -106.17535, 41.6194
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1966, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50 [revised ed.], p. 80, 124, 174.

  • Deposit

    Osterwald and others, 1959, Mineral Resources of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Bull. 50, p. 74, 111, 157.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 7 ft. "ore" body in gneiss and granite contains gold, silver, and galena.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 02-FEB-09 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

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