The Monument King is a manganese mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Monument King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monument King
Secondary: Manganese King
Secondary: Hidden Treasure
Secondary: Hidden Cross
Secondary: La Course
Secondary: Cross Roads
Secondary: Hall Burke
Secondary: Ring and Hidden
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Monument
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE AND HEMATITE OCCURRING IN LENTICULAR BODIES ASSOCIATED WITH JASPER IN LIMESTONE. THE LIMESTONE IS ENCLOSED IN BROWN SANDSTONE AND VOLCANIC BRECCIA. THE ORE GENERALLY LIES PARALLEL TO THE LIMESTONE BEDDING AND CONSISTS MAINLY OF PSILOMELANE TYPE MATERIAL, SOME SOFT BLACK OXIDE, HEMATITE AND CALCITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 202 - 203
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 162 , 66
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