King Solomon Mines Co

The King Solomon Mines Co is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,501 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: King Solomon Mines Co

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Manganese

Location

State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Liberty

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

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ore Highly Oxidized

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: IT WAS CRUSHED & GROUND DOWN AND AMALGAMATED, THEN THE GOLD WEIGHED ON ASSAY BALANCE.
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ASSAYED BY ROUGH ESTIMATE FROM PANNING. ALSO BY CUTTING 250 LB. SAMPLE FROM 2.5 FT. THICKNESS OF VEIN MATTER

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Workings): SURFACE PIT W/ CONSIDERABLE YIELD. AMOUNTED TO 2000 FT. OF TRENCHES, 9 FT. WIDE, AVG. 10 FT. DEEP PROSPECTING & SAMPLING WAS DONE ON WIDE SCALE BASIS IN 1931. EXTENSIVE BULL DOZING STRIPPED AWAY FIRST 20 FT. OF OVER BURDEN. EARLIER WORKINGS INCLUDE 130 FT. SHAFT; ADITS, LONGEST OVER 460 FT.; OVER 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND STOPES MILLSITE.

Comment (Deposit): SEAMS AND VUGS, ORE STAINED WITH RED, BROWN AND YELLOW IRON OXIDES, ALSO BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE. FOOTWALL QUARTZ PORPHYRY, HANGING WALL SCHIST. ORE SHOOT (S) 230 FT. LONG, 5 FT. THICK.

Comment (Geology): SCHIST INTRUDED BY DIORITIC DIKES IN SUCH A WAY THAT, AS ONE CROSSES LODE, FORMATION CHANGES EVERY FEW FEET. THESE DIKES ARE BARREN OF GOLD. OTHER DIKES IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY INCLUDE BASIC IGNEOUS ROCK, POSSIBLY GABBRO,INTRUDED BY FINE-GRAINED WHITE RHYOLITIC DIKES. ANDESITIC DIKES ALSO PRESENT, ONE WITH FELDSPAR PHENOCRYSTS 1/4 IN LONG.

Comment (Deposit): 800 ACRES. 5 OF CLAIMS ARE PATENTED. UNSURVEYED LAND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 836 PL. 4

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 292-294

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 448

Reference (Production): AVERILL (1935)

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