The King Mine is a gold mine located in Carbon county, Wyoming.
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King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Wyoming
County: Carbon
District: Seminoe District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A select sampie yielded: 6.8 ppm Au, 4.2 ppm Ag (see #66A, Table 6, p. 24, RI-50).
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): "Improvements listed on the 1880 King patent included a 100-ft tunnel with a 60-ft-deep shaft. A later report (EM&J, v. 62, Aug. 8, 1896, p. 135) stated that the mine had been extended to 700 ft in length." (RI-50, p. 25).
Comment (Identification): Originally submitted to MRDS as #W900028 (newMRDS 10400297) by Terry Klein. Revised.
Comment (Development): King claim patented in 1880 with 100-ft tunnel and 60 -ft shaft.
Comment (Workings): Report (EMJ, v. 62, Aug. 8, 1896, p. 135) states mine extended to 700 ft in length.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hausel, 1994, Economic geology of the Seminoe Mountains Mining District, Carbon County, Wyoming: Wyoming State Geological Survey RI-50, p. 25, pl. 1.
Reference (Deposit): EM&J, v. 62, Aug. 8, 1896, p. 135.
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