The Dawson is a mercury mine located in Kings county, California at an elevation of 2,300 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 35.90111, -120.24528
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Dawson MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dawson
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Kings
District: Table Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Jack Ellena Fortini And Thompson
Years: 1962 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): FIRST RECORDED PRODUCTION IN 1918; FROM 1918-22 THERE WERE 1,030 FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER PRODUCED. THREE FLASKS OF MERCURY PRODUCED IN 1957. FOURTEEN FLASKS PRODUCED IN 1958.
Comment (Deposit): RESULTS OF AN INVESTIGATION DURING WWII INDICATE THAT UNLESS OTHER LARGE BODIES OF ORE ARE DISCOVERED NEARBY IN THE LANDSLIDE, NO FURTHER PRODUCTION FROM THIS MINE CAN BE EXPECTED. LOCATED ON PATENTED LAND. SOME ACTIVITY WAS REPORTED FOR 1935.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW GLORY HOLE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS BENEATH THE PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 49, NO. 3, JULY, 1953, P. 293, 4, 5 PL. 4
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1957, V. 3, P. 223
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 31, NO. 4, OCT. 1935, P. 462; ADD. REF.: REPORT 26 OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 421, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK 1958, V. 3, P. 181, DOM EC. MIN. MAP #1 QUICKSILVER, 1939, TOKEN PRODUCTION 1961-1962 - MIS V. 16, NO. 7, 1963, P. 13. REACTIVATED IN 1964 - METAL MNG. & PROC. APRIL 1965, P. 44. MIN. FOR INDUSTRY, SO. CALIF., SO. PAC. CO. P. 14, MAP I
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