Desert King

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

Name: Desert King  

State:  California

County:  San Bernardino

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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