The Gold King Mill Placer is a gold mine located in San Juan county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,476 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: 10,476 Feet (3,193 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.89083, -107.64861
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Gold King Mill Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold King Mill Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Juan
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1932
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not 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
Type: R
Description: San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Volcanic Depression.
Type: L
Description: Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): NOT WORKED DUE TO ENG. AND OWNERSHIP PROBLEMS
Comment (Development): FREE AU CONCENTRATED IN TAILINGS OF INEFFICIENT GOLD KING MILL BUT PILE COULD NOT BE PROFITABLY WORKED DUE TO ENGINEERING AND OWNERSHIP PROBLEMS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ARTIFICIAL PLACER FORMED BY CONC. OF FREE GOLD TAILINGS FROM THE INEFFICENT GOLD KING MILL
Comment (Deposit): COLO. DIVISION OF MINES NOTED ATTEMPT TO PLACER THE MATERIAL IN 1932 OPERATOR REPT. ON GOLD KING MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ON CEMENT CR. AT GLADSTONE ON GOLD KING MILL DUMP NEAR PORTAL OF AMERICAN TUNNEL AND EXTENDING 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)
References
Reference (Deposit): BURBANK, W.S., AND LUEDKE, R.G., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE IRONTON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-291.
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 203-205.
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