The Lead King Mine is a silver mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,560 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,560 Feet (2,914 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 39.0725, -107.08750
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Lead King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LEAD KING MINE WAS ACCESSIBLE, MAPPED, AND SAMPLED IN 1975 AS PART OF THE MAROON BELLS-SNOWMASS WILDERNESS STUDY, BUR. MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 23-84.
References
Reference (Deposit): REF:MINOBRAS 1974
Reference (Deposit): REF:MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MAROON BELLS-SNOWMASS
Reference (Deposit): WILDERNESS, GUNNISON AND PITKIN COUNTIES, COLORADO
Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 23-84, 1984, P. 24-25.
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