The King Midas Claims is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,601 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 11,601 Feet (3,536 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.95833, -105.55833
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King Midas Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Midas Claims
Secondary: Bonanza Claims
Secondary: King Midas No. 8
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Horn Peak Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1966
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1966
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TO 1.17% U308
Materials
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 2 LBS U308, 1 LB V205
Comment (Location): NEAR CRESTONE NEEDLE/CRESTONE PEAKS AREA ACCORDING TO RECORDS; COULD NOT BE VERIFIED; UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TRINIDAD 1:250000
Comment (Deposit): RICHEST NEAR BASE OF BED
References
Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 40, P. 122
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