King Midas Claims

The King Midas Claims is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,601 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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