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Gold King

Past Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Tungsten
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167198
MRDS ID DC04246
MAS/MILS ID 81110183
Record type Site
Current site name Gold King
Related records 10017775

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.6378, 37.89232 (WGS84)
Elevation 3490
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position West slope of Bonita Peak, at Gladstone.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 042 N 007 W 21 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Adit is labeled on USGS GQ-291 in the SE corner of the map. There is both a lower (near Gladstone) and upper adit (to the east-northeast of the lower one, and north of North Fork). Record gives section as 21. Deleted MRDS record (old DC04246 = newMRDS 10017775) as section 9. No sections are shown on the geologic map.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Huebnerite Unknown

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.6378, 37.89232
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 80N
    Thickness 1.8M
    Length 1300M
    Width 610M
    Area 4HA
    Depth to top 300M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N30E:80N
    Minimum Depth to Top 10
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4
    Date of Last Modification 900521

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL. DESC: LODE- NE 75 SE
  • GEOL. DESC: VEIN STRIKES NE, SHEAF-LIKE CRYSTALS UP TO 3 INCHES LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1887
Mining method Combined Methods - Shrinkage W/Cut and Fill
Year of first production 1890
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Private Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold King Mines Corp (86% Owned Gold King Consolidated)
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold King Consolidated (Owner:Gold King Mines Corp. 86%)
    Interest 82
    Home office Texas
    Year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Taylor Rand Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994
    First year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner San Juan Corp. (Todd Hennis)
    Home office Golden or Boulder
    Year 2015
  • Type Owner
    Owner ET CROWL

Comments on the ownership information

  • MINING RECORD 3/22/95: THE GOLD KING MINE IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY GOLD KING MINES. HOWEVER, 33% OF THE GOLD KING EXTENSION PROPERTY IS OWNED BY ALTA BAY VENTURES (OPERATORS OF THE SUNNYSIDE MINE. GOLD KING CONSOLIDATED OWNS 86% OF GOLD KING MINES, A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OWNS THE OTHER 14%. GOLD KING CONSOLIDATED ADDRESS: 1304 E. WALNUT HILL LANE, STE 140, IRVING, TX 75038. GOLD KING MINES CORP. ADDRESS: 441 E. 10TH ST., P O BOX 480, SILVERTON, CO 81433. TAYLOR RAND HAS REPORTED THAT IT HAS CLOSED IN ESCROW AN AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE 86% OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF GOLD KING MINES CORPORATION FROM GOLD KING CONSOLIDATED INC. OF IRVING,TEXAS. COMPLETION OF THIS PURCHASE IS SUBJECT TO RECEIPT OF THE DECEMBER 31, 1994 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR GOLD KING MINES THAT ARE BEING FINALIZED BY AUDITORS.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 12700000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 9.94 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Demonstrated 397347mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 12.6857 g/mt Gold Major 1993
    Silver Ag 102.5143 g/mt Silver Minor 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Measured 1400000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1400000mt ore
    Total resources 1400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 12 g/mt Gold Major 1995
    Silver Ag 86 g/mt Silver Minor 1995
    Copper Cu 0.2 wt-pct Copper Trace 1995
    Lead Pb 0.3 wt-pct Lead Trace 1995

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REC #3: RESOURCES TABLE; PROVEN & PROBABLE TONNAGE IN THE GOLD KING EXTENSION (PRODUCING).
  • MATRIX 1 = GOLD KING EXTENSION RESERVES. MATRIX 2 = GOLD KING MINE RESERVES. MATRIX 9, COL 4 = GOLD KING EXTENSION RESERVES. MATRIX 9, COL 5 = GOLD KING MINE RESERVES. M9C4=M1C1 MAT 9, COL 4 = MATRIX 1, COL 1 M9C5=M2C1 MAT 9, COL 5 = MATRIX 2, COL 1
  • RESOURCES 03/22/95:

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4000M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method SHRINKAGE W/CUT AND FILL
    Percent Waste Rock 30
    Percent Recovery 92
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 1370
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 18
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 60
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1989

Comments on other economic factors

  • REC #3: RESOURCES TABLE; PROVEN & PROBABLE TONNAGE IN THE GOLD KING EXTENSION (PRODUCING). CONCENTRATE TRANSPORTATION COST (RECS-PA, PB, PC) INCLUDED IN MILL CUSTOM CHARGE.
  • RECORD 1030 IS CONTRACT MINE COST CHARGED BY ALTA TO GOLD KING MINES FOR MINING GOLD KING EXT ORE RESERVES. CHARGE INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION OF ORE FROM MINE TO SUNNYSIDE MILL. REC 1040 IS CUSTOM MILL CHARGE TO MILL GOLD KING EXT ORE AT SUNNYSIDE MILL. CHARGE INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION OF CONCENTRATES TO SMELTERS AND REFINERIES, SMELTER & RE- FINERY CHARGES, AND ANY MARKETING COSTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    MINING RECORD."GOLD KING SELLS INTEREST IN SAN JUAN MINING DISTRICT". V106/N2. 1/11/95. P.3.

  • Reserve-Resource

    REC #1: MINING RECORD, V106, #12, 03/22/95, PP. 10, 11.

  • Reserve-Resource

    REC #2: AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P110, 12/3193.

  • Deposit

    REF:USGS CRIB (predecessor to MRDS)

  • Deposit

    GERBER ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1984 ANNAUL REPORT, 8PP.

  • Deposit

    GERBER ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1985 ANNUAL REPORT, 8PP.

  • Deposit

    GERBER ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1986 ANNUAL REPORT, 49PP.

  • Deposit

    GOLD KING CONSOLIDATED, INC. 1987 ANNUAL REPORT, 5PP.

  • Deposit

    GOLD KING CONSOLIDATED, INC. 1988 ANNUAL REPORT, 28PP.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES AND MINING COMPANIES, P247.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES AND MINING COMPANIES, P174.

  • Deposit

    Vanderwilt, 1947, Mineral Resources of Colorado, 547 p.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1901, USGS BULL. 182, p. 254.

  • Deposit

    BELSER, 1956, USBM INFO. CIRC. 7731, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL PROPERTY FILE (MAS 0081110185)

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 3,64

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 9,64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESOURCES 03/22/95: ACTUAL FEED GRADES OF GOLD KING EXTENSION ORE (FEED RECS. 101-5 ARE BLENDED FEEDS OF GOLD KING EXT ORE (18 MT/D) AND SUNNYSIDE ORES (730 MT/D)): 6.9 G/MT AU, 86 G/MT AG, 1.0% CU, 0.3% PB, & 0.2% ZN. THE GOLD KING OREBODY (INCLUDING THE GOLD KING EXTENSION PROPERTY) IS A SW EXTENSION OF THE 2150 AND G.K./DAVIS VEINS FROM THE SUNNYSIDE MINE. THE GOLD KING EXTENSION OREBODY IS THE PART OF THIS VEIN SYSTEM THAT LIES BETWEEN THE SUNNYSIDE AND GOLD KING PROPERTIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1997-07-29 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines also 10215736 = 0081110185
Editor 2015-08-25 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate records
Reporter 1973-03-01 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey also DC05851 = 10018670

Beyond USGS

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

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