Gold King

Occurrence in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10113833
MAS/MILS ID 0040250788
Record type Site
Current site name Gold King

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.31714, 34.24925 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown King(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 011 N 001 W 36 E2NESW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.31714, 34.24925

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS CROWN KING QUAD

  • Deposit

    WEED W H THE MINES HANDBOOK VOL XIV 1920 P 352

  • Deposit

    YAVAPAI MAGAZINE JUNE 1918 P 5 SHARLOT HALL MUSEUM PRESCOTT

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN W ORE DEPOSITS OF THE JEROME AND BRADSHAW MTN QUADS

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 782 1926 P 164

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-DEC-1996 Admr U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Arizona resources

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