Gold King

Past Producer in San Juan county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215736
MAS/MILS ID 0081110185
Record type Site
Current site name Gold King

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.63874, 37.89501 (WGS84)
Elevation 3475
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Juan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.63874, 37.89501

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Et Crowl

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MINERAL PROPERTY FILE, OWNR: ET CROWL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.