| Deposit ID | 10018664 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC05834 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 81110184 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold King Mill Placer |
| Related records | 10167628 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.64861, 37.89083 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3193 |
| Relative position | 11 MILES N14E FROM SILVERTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Juan(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ironton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Animas(hydrologic unit)
Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)
San Juan(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)
Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | San Juan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 42N | 07W | 21 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium | ||
| |||
| (1) | -107.64861, 37.89083 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Volcanic Depression. |
| Operation type | Placer |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1932 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC05834 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 81110184 | =newMRDS 0167628, merged and deleted. |
PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 203-205.
BURBANK, W.S., AND LUEDKE, R.G., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE IRONTON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-291.
COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
USGS CRIB (predecessor to MRDS)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COLO. DIVISION OF MINES NOTED ATTEMPT TO PLACER THE MATERIAL IN 1932 OPERATOR REPT. ON GOLD KING MINE ; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1973-03-01 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Updater | 1981-11-01 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2015-08-25 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | Merged and deleted duplicate record 10167628 |
| Reporter | 1983-11-17 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0081110184 |
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