The Golden King is a gold mine located in Sierra county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Golden King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden King
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Sierra
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE OF MILL GRADE. GOOD VALUE ORE AT LEVEL 4.
Comment (Production): GRADES OF ORE HAVE RANGED FROM $10/TON TO $125/TON.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): SHAFT W 5 LEVELS, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS, WINZES, STOPES.
Comment (Geology): PRESENCE OF GOSSAN IN DUMP SUGGESTS SERPENTINE UNDER GROUND LEDGE AT 2ND LEVEL WAS 10 FT THICK, BETWEEN LEVELS 2 & 3 16 FT THICK, LEVEL 4 ONLY A FEW INCHES THICK. 20 FT BELOW LEVEL 4 THE ORE GAVE OUT. BUT 50 FT BELOW, A 12 INCH LEDGE OF SULFIDES WAS FOUND. QTZ CAME IN SUCCESSIVE LAYERS TO 110 FT WHERE QTZ WAS 4 1/2 FT THICK, SANDY, W A FLOOD OF WATER & VERY UNSTABLE & BROKEN GROUND. BROKEN GROUND CAUSED BY PROXIMITY OF TIGHT SQUEEZE VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1942 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SIERRA CO.: CDM CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL, VOL 38, NO 1, P 56.
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1929 , SIERRA CO.: CDMM 25TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, APRIL, P 177.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H. G., & GANNETT, R. W., 1932 , GOLD QTZ VEINS OF THE ALLEGHANY DISTRICT, CALIF.;: USGS PROF PAPER 172, P 123.
Reference (Production): FERGUSON, AND GANNETT, 1932
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