The Carbonate King Zinc Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Carbonate King Zinc Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carbonate King Zinc Mine
Secondary: Crystal Cave
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Koko Weef Mountain Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1950
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^40 % Zn
Year: 1949
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^40 % Zn
Year: 1942
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^38 - 40 % Zn, Some Pb, Au, Ag.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Type: L
Description: Fault; Thrust Fault With Component Of Displacement That Lies Parallel To Dip Of Thrust Is 80 - 120 Ft.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ZN - 38 %, PB - 1.1 %, FE - 4.2 %, AG - 10.3 OZ, AU - TRACE, INSOL. - 12.0 %, LIME(CUO) - 12. %, H2O - 5.2 %.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GOOD CHANCE OF FINDING MORE ORE BENEATH FAULT ZONE.
Comment (Commodity): SPHALERITE OXIDIZED NEAR SURFACE TO HYDROZINCITE AND SMITHSONITE.
Comment (Production): LAST SHIPMENT MADE 1951 , SLIGHTLY HIGHER GRADE ORE.
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY OCCURS ALONG FRACTURE OR FRACTURES WITH VARIED THICKNESSES 10 - 12 FT. SURFACE SHOWINGS LIMITED TO FEW SMALL STRINGERS, SOUTH END OF ORE BODY IS IRREGULAR AND RELATIONSHIP TO BEDDING IS OBSCURE. ORE WEDGES OUT LATERALLY. AT BASE ORE IS CUT OFF ABRUPTLY BY THRUST FAULT. FAULTING IS POST MINERAL.
Comment (Workings): SINGLE - COMPARTMENT SHAFT, INCLINED 70 DEG. TO DEPTH OF 120 FT., LEVELS AT 50, 90, AND 120 FT. ON 50 FT. LEVEL, DRIFT 55 FT. NORTH IN ORE, 90 FT. LEVEL, DRIFT 130 FT. NORTH IN ORE, 120 FT. LEVEL, CROSSCUT WEST TO OREBODY.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 622 - 623
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 478 - 479 .
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 103 - 106 .
Reference (Production): TUCKER, W. B., 1943 , P. 478 - 499 (SEE REF.)
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