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Gold King Mine

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Arsenic
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034885
MRDS ID M021878
Record type Site
Current site name Gold King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.5438, 39.16156 (WGS84)
Elevation 1786
Relative position 6 MI. E WESTVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duncan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe 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 California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 013E 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 , NE 1/4 AND N 1/2 , SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MILLED RAN ABOUT $3.50/TON

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result EST. ORE ASSAYS $8 - $10/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.5438, 39.16156
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 60 NW
    Thickness 0.51M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canada Hill

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 8.094HA
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1936 , GOLD MINES OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32 , NO. 1 , P. 45 .

  • Deposit

    WARING, CLARENCE A., 1917 , PLACER COUNTY: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 340 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 12 - 20 IN. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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