The Kings Mine is a mercury mine located in Kings county, California at an elevation of 3,100 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: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 35.90944, -120.27028
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Kings Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kings Mine
Secondary: Fredanna
Secondary: Fredana
Secondary: Friedana
Secondary: Table Mountain
Secondary: Francis Claims
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Kings
District: Parkfield (Table Mountain)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Ida Twisselman
Years: 1965 -
Owner Name: B. Harvey
Years: 1941 -
Production
Year: 1962
Time Period: To 1962
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10-20 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Andreas Fault
Type: L
Description: N 60 W Fault { Anticline, Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Metacinnabar
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): CAVED WORKINGS AND SCARCE OUTCROPS MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE ANY ACCURATE ESTIMATE OF THE RESERVES OF THE MINE.
Comment (Development): RETORT (1942) ; ECON.COM: LANDSLIDE AREA
Comment (Geology): SANDSTONE - FOOTWALL; SERPENTINE - HANGING WALL. { PIERCEMENTS OF ROCKS OF THE FRANCISCAN GROUP, CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF ROCKS OF MIOCENE AGE INTO ANTICLINE FORMED BY FOLDING A THICK SEQUENCE OF CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. PIERCEMENT LATER INTRUDED BY SERPENTINE IN POST - MIOCENE TIME.
Comment (Workings): CAVED (1964) { DIMENSIONS GIVEN FOR ONE ORE BODY
Comment (Location): NW/4 SW/4 SW/4 SEC. 20
Comment (Production): 46 LB/FT OF WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): JENNINGS, C. W., 1953, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KINGS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG VOL. 49 NO. 3
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1955 - 1961: VOL III, SO. PACIFIC CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.
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