Gold King

Occurrence in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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 10018670
MRDS ID DC05851
Record type Site
Current site name Gold King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.6237, 37.89223 (WGS84)
Relative position AT GLADSTONE, 8 MILES BY ROAD FROM SILVERTON, ELEV. 10,600 FT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Handies Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 42N 07W 15 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.6237, 37.89223

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN STRIKES NE, SHEAFLIKE CRYSTALS UP TO 3 INCHS LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELSER, 1956, U. S. B. M. INFO. CIRC. 7731, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,64

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.