The Desert King is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,520 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation: 2,520 Feet (768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.96028, -116.97722
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Desert King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Desert King
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: 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
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS FROM TRENCHES EST. FROM $1.25-$5/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 600. FT. THICK MINERALIZED ZONE. 3000 FT. LONG
Comment (Location): UTM EST. W 1/2 W 1/2 15. REFERENCE LOCATES SOME WORKINGS IN SEC. 16. SHAFT IN SEC. 15
Comment (Deposit): 640 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): NUMBER OF SHALLOW TRENCHES, 10 ARE FROM 100-400 FT. LONG AND 2 FT. DEEP. OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NEWBERRY & ORD MTNS: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 36, NO. 1, P. 234
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