The Gold King-Swamp Angel Group is a gold, copper, and mercury mine located in La Plata county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,249 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: 10,249 Feet (3,124 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.44389, -107.96250
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Gold King-Swamp Angel Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold King-Swamp Angel Group
Secondary: Patented Claims: Gold King, MS 4880
Secondary: Swamp Angel, MS 4881
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Colorado
County: La Plata
District: California (La Plata) District
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.
Administrative Organization: San Juan N. F.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform
Type: L
Description: La Plata Dome
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Copper
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). NEAR TOP OF HILL EAST OF FASSBINDER GULCH AND NORTH OF LEAVENWORTH GULCH, 6.3 MILES NE OF LA PLATA TOWNSITE (UNSURVEYED SECTIONS). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974
Comment (Deposit): COUNTRY ROCK CONSISTS OF UNMETAMORPHOSED CUTLER FM RED BEDS INTRUDED BY DIORITE-MONZONITE PORPHYRY SILLS AND TRAVERSED BY ENE-WSW-TRENDING VEIN THOUGHT TO BE WESTWARD EXTENSION OF ORO FINO VEIN.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL ADITS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT AND DRIVEN GENERALLY EASTWARD ALONG VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 123, 173
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