Colorado · San Miguel County
Past Producer

Black King Mine

San Miguel County, Colorado, United States
CopperSilverGoldUraniumVanadiumLeadZincMolybdenumCobaltChromiumTitaniumMetal
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Gold, Uranium
SecondaryVanadium
TertiaryLead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Cobalt, Chromium, Titanium, Metal
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNw-Trending Fault Zone Cutting Permeable Clastics And Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Coffinite, Galena, Limonite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Ferrimolybdite, Sericite, Skutterudite
Other materialsIlsemannite, Jordisite
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Limestone · Cutler Formation;Dolores Formation
StructureParadox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns, Black King Fault
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
AlterationOxidation Of Cu Sulfide To Carbonate; Oxidation Of Fe Sulfide To Oxide; Wallrock Bleaching
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1952
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10087927
MRDS IDD010926
Alternate namesBlack King No. 5, Black King No. 5 Claim, Evans Claims, Weatherly Claims, Unpatented Claims: Black King No. 1, Black King No. 4
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.03111, -108.06537
References
HESS, F.L., 1913, NOTES ON THE VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 530, P. 142-156.BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1959, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1072-E.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 407,447.GRUNER, J.W., AND GARDINER, LYNN, 1952, MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND ADJACENT REGIONS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THOSE IN THE SHINARUMP FORMATION: AEC RMO-566, P. 27-28.KEER, P.F., AND OTHERS, 1951, URANIUM IN BLACK KING PROSPECT, PLACERVILLE, COLORADO, IN ANNUAL REPORT FOR JULY 1, 1950 TO JUNE 30, 1951: AEC RMO-797, P. 24-43.MOREHOUSE, G.E., 1951, INVESTIGATION OF THUCHOLITE DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, COLORADO: AEC RMO-910, 13 P.WILMARTH, V.R., 1953, PLACERVILLE HYDROCARBONS, COLORADO, IN SEARCH FOR AND GEOLOGY OF RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS: AEC TEI-330, P. 107-108.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.COLEMAN, R.G., AND DELEVAUX, MARYSE, 1957, OCCURRENCE OF SELENIUM IN SULFIDES FROM SOME SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 52, P. 499-527.KING, R.U., UNPUBLISHED DATA.HESS, 1913; NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 407 COLORADO DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPT.