The King Solomon Mine is a gold mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,901 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,901 Feet (1,189 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.36944, -117.64889
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King Solomon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Solomon Mine
Secondary: Claims: Blind
Secondary: Nosser
Secondary: Magpie
Secondary: King Solomon
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Rand Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Shipsey Mining Co., South Pasadena, California
Years: 1949 -
Owner Name: Max Hess; Johannesburg, California
Years: 1949 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 4 VEINS. WALLS GENERALLY WELL-DEFINED, SEPARATED FROM VEIN MATERIAL BY GOUGE. SHOW SLICKENSIDES. PAY ORE AVERAGED LESS THAN 2 FT IN THICKNESS, AT LEAST 1400 FT IN LENGTH. CROSS VEIN NARROWS WHERE IT CUTS STRONGLY-MINERALIZED DIABASE DIKE. VALUES WERE ERRACTIC. IN GENERAL, THEY CLING CLOSE TO HANGING WALLS OF VEINS IN CONNECTED, BUT MORE OR LESS IRREGULAR BUNCHES.
Comment (Workings): 700 FT, 45 DEGRED INCLINE WITH 7 LEVELS AND APPROXIMATELY 11,500 FT OF LATERAL WORKINGS. SOME DIAMOND-DRILLING WAS DONE ON UNDERGROUND POINTS. NUMBER OF OTHER SHALLOW SHAFTS.
Comment (Geology): K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Production): BEST ORE MINED OCCURRED BETWEEN 300 FT LEVEL AND SURFACE. NO CONCENTRATORS WERE USED IN THE MILL SINCE THE ORE CONTAINED ALMOST NO SULFIDES. DAILY PRODUCTION PREVIOUS TO 1925 WAS ABOUT 5 TONS. AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE WAS SUCH THAT APPROX. $25/TON WAS CAUGHT ON PLATES DURING MILLING. MINE RETURNS INDICATE A FINENESS OF ABOUT 780. PRODUCTION FOR 3 MONTHS ENDING JULY 19, 1923 AMOUNTED TO 659.5 OUNCES OF GOLD. LINE 8: PERIOD FROM SEPT. 1932 TO MID-1933.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., AND OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 227, PL. 17.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 95, P. 136-137.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 311-312.
Reference (Production): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 95, P. 136-137
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