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King Midas Claims

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012906
MRDS ID D008913
Record type Site
Current site name King Midas Claims
Alternate or previous names Bonanza Claims, King Midas No. 8

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.55891, 37.95835 (WGS84)
Elevation 3536
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7.25 MILES S 72 E FROM CRESTONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crestone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(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)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sangre de Cristo Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 024S 073W 17 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CRESTONE NEEDLE/CRESTONE PEAKS AREA ACCORDING TO RECORDS; COULD NOT BE VERIFIED; UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TRINIDAD 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Coffinite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Analytical data

Result TO 1.17% U308

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Sangre De Cristo Formation
    Rock description Sangre De Cristo Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.55891, 37.95835
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1966

Mining district

District name Horn Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 2 LBS U308, 1 LB V205

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RICHEST NEAR BASE OF BED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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