The Gold King Martin - Walling, Sunshine is a gold mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Gold King Martin - Walling, Sunshine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold King Martin - Walling, Sunshine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
District: Gentry Gulch
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Russell G. Rowe
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1865
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. MAY BE NE 1/4
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 2ND VEIN, NW STRIKE 65 NE DIP SEPERATE FROM MAIN VEIN BY 200 FT OF SLATE AND QUARTZ-MICA-GRAPHITE PHYLLITE AND SCHIST. VEIN MATTER FRACTURED QUARTZ AND FRACTURED WALL ROCKS. MAIN VEIN 2 - 4 FT THICK.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
Comment (Production): THROUGH FIRST YEARS OF OPERATION MINE WAS REPORTED TO BE FABULOUSLY RICH; SOME ORE TAKEN OUT IN 1878. CONSIDERABLE MINING DONE AFTER 1880 BUT RESULTS NOT RECORDED. SOME EXPLORATION AND REHABILITATION WORK DONE IN 1930'S BUT NO RECENT WORK HAS BEEN DONE. MINE IS NOW WATERED AND PARTLY CAVED.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, ORE SHOOTS
Comment (Workings): MAIN VEIN DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINED SHAFT SUNK ON THE VEIN OVER 300 FT. DEEP WITH 2 LEVELS. WEST VEIN SUPERFICIALLY DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 102 - 103 , 265
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