The Gold King is a gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 4,003 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: 4,003 Feet (1,220 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 61.2081, -146.73750
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Gold King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold King
Secondary: Olaf Olsen
Secondary: Frank Gustafson
Secondary: Hans Anderson
Secondary: Gold King Mining Co.
Secondary: Columbia Glacier
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINE ACTIVE 1911-1914. NO PRODUCTION RECORDS AVAILABLE. Workings consist of 3 adits: No. 1 Tunnel (Saddlevein) - 152.4 m. of drifts and cressents 18.3 m. winze, 27.4 m. of drifts at bottom of winze. No. 2 Tunnel - 201.2 m. of cressent, 106.7 m. of drifts, and a 18.3 cressent. No. 3 Tunnel - 18.3 cressent, 16.8 m. of drifts, opeuants, and stripping.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 086-055
Reference (Deposit): B592d p. 63
Reference (Deposit): B592k pp. 237-238
Reference (Deposit): B622c p. 45
Reference (Deposit): B622j pp. 152, 157, 183-185
Reference (Deposit): B642g pp. 143-145
Reference (Deposit): B649 p. 61
Reference (Deposit): MLA62-82 24 pp.
Reference (Deposit): B649 p. 61.
Reference (Deposit): OF80-892B
Reference (Deposit): MLA5-84 218 pp., (Locality V-63).
Reference (Deposit): BMB142 pp. 40, 52
Reference (Deposit): BMB153 p. 46
Reference (Deposit): B662h pp. 190, 192
Reference (Deposit): MR86-1B
Reference (Deposit): B692g p. 151
Reference (Deposit): B712a p. 33
Reference (Deposit): B755a pp. 28-29
Reference (Deposit): MIRL 27 p. 104-105
Reference (Deposit): MF438
Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 66, 68.
Reference (Deposit): B642c pp. 16-17.
Reference (Deposit): OF79-1241 167 pp.
Reference (Deposit): MR32
Reference (Deposit): OF82-1029 33 pp.
Reference (Deposit): B1139 363 pp.
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