| Deposit ID | 10234184 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A003760 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0020860021 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold King |
| Alternate or previous names | Olaf Olsen, Frank Gustafson, Hans Anderson, Gold King Mining Co., Columbia Glacier |
| Point of reference | Claim |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -146.74007, 61.20769 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1220 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Valdez-Cordova(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Valdez A-8(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)
Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Chugach National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper River | 008 S | 008 W | 06 | NW | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Claim (1) | -146.74007, 61.20769 |
|---|
| Strike | N56W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 55S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 45.7M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 0.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strike | N90E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 68N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 0.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strike | N90E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 68N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 0.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0020860021 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A003760 | MAS references MRDS |
ALASKA KARDEX 086-055
B592d p. 63
B592k pp. 237-238
B622c p. 45
B622j pp. 152, 157, 183-185
B642g pp. 143-145
B649 p. 61
BMB142 pp. 40, 52
BMB153 p. 46
B662h pp. 190, 192
MR86-1B
B692g p. 151
B712a p. 33
B755a pp. 28-29
MIRL 27 p. 104-105
B1246 pp. 66, 68.
B642c pp. 16-17.
OF79-1241 167 pp.
MR32
OF82-1029 33 pp.
B1139 363 pp.
MLA62-82 24 pp.
B649 p. 61.
MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality V-63).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINE ACTIVE 1911-1914. NO PRODUCTION RECORDS AVAILABLE. Workings consist of 3 adits: No. 1 Tunnel (Saddlevein) - 152.4 m. of drifts and cressents 18.3 m. winze, 27.4 m. of drifts at bottom of winze. No. 2 Tunnel - 201.2 m. of cressent, 106.7 m. of drifts, and a 18.3 cressent. No. 3 Tunnel - 18.3 cressent, 16.8 m. of drifts, opeuants, and stripping. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 19-OCT-1988 | Mirl-Dwb | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.