Gold King Mill Placer, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Gold King Mill Placer | Placer |
Eureka Mining District | Mining District |
San Juan County | County |
Colorado | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 53' 27'' North , 107° 38' 55'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Silverton | 637 (2011) | 8.9km |
Ouray | 1,008 (2017) | 14.8km |
Telluride | 2,399 (2018) | 15.3km |
Ophir | 169 (2017) | 16.6km |
Mountain Village | 1,395 (2017) | 18.8km |
Mindat Locality ID:
118932
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:118932:5
GUID (UUID V4):
006fc41d-96c7-4229-8660-5f78ea1307a2
REF:Deposit:: PARKER, B.H., JR., 1974, GOLD PLACERS OF COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 69, NO. 4, P. 203-205.
Deposit:: BURBANK, W.S., AND LUEDKE, R.G., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE IRONTON QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-291.
Deposit:: COLORADO DI
Commodities (Major) - Gold
Development Status: Occurrence
Structure: Silverton Caldera, Eureka Graben, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Volcanic Depression.
Host Rock: Alluvium
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
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North America
- Rocky MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Great Plains DomainDomain
USA
- San Juan MountainsMountain Range
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