The Golden King Group is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 3,701 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: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.1275, -123.38694
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Golden King Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden King Group
Secondary: Jumbo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1884
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 SAMPLES TAKEN FROM GOLDEN QUEEN AND GOLD KING BY AVERILL INDICATED GOLD CONTENT OF QUARTZ WAS SMALL.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): ON GOLD KING CLAIM, 75 FT. CROSSCUT TO 6 FT. OF QUARTZ, ON WHICH 15 FT. DRIFT DRIVEN. ON OTHER END, 50 FT. CROSSCUT TO 7.5 FT. OF QUARTZ WITH 50 FT. DRIFT. GOLDEN QUEEN DEVELOPED TO DEPTH OF 190 FT. BY 4 ADITS AT LEVELS. LOWEST ADIT IS LONGEST AND COMPRISES 135 FT. CROSSCUT AND 30 FT. OF DRIFTS ON 2.5 FT. THICK VEIN. DEVELOPMENT ON NANCY LEE CONSISTED OF 2 OPEN CUTS, 4-5 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP-RANGE-SECTION
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, ON NANCY LEE, 6-8 IN. THICK, ON GOLDEN QUEEN,2.5-4 FT. THICK. ON GOLDEN KING, 6-25 FT. THICK.
Comment (Deposit): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND A MILLSITE. INCLUDE GOLD KING, GOLDEN QUEEN AND NANCY LEE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 36-37
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